Teh One Who Knocks
02-22-2012, 06:34 PM
By News Sentinel staff
A 13-year-old boy is being held in a Knoxville detention facility on charges of rape and attempted robbery, authorities said.
The victim, who is in her 30s, was in the East Knoxville business where she worked when the teen entered shortly after 8 p.m. Friday under the pretext of needing to use the bathroom.
"The suspect grabbed the victim and demanded money, and when she said there was no money there, he hit her multiple times and threw her to the floor," Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said.
He then forced her to perform a sex act by telling her he had a gun and would shoot her if she refused. The victim did not see a weapon.
The sexual assault was interrupted when a relative of the victim arrived to pick her up, DeBusk said.
In the short time after the incident occurred, KPD officers converged on the business with at least seven cruisers and one SUV parked in front of the business. Police in marked cruisers searched the addresses across the street looking for the suspect who was eventually located. No neighboring businesses appeared to be open and no witnesses were found on the sidewalk or near the business following the incident.
The youth was arrested a short time later at his home, from which he had been earlier reported to police as a runaway, according to police.
Police were able to locate the youth because the description given by the victim matched that of the runaway.
He currently is being held at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Services Center.
A 13-year-old boy is being held in a Knoxville detention facility on charges of rape and attempted robbery, authorities said.
The victim, who is in her 30s, was in the East Knoxville business where she worked when the teen entered shortly after 8 p.m. Friday under the pretext of needing to use the bathroom.
"The suspect grabbed the victim and demanded money, and when she said there was no money there, he hit her multiple times and threw her to the floor," Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said.
He then forced her to perform a sex act by telling her he had a gun and would shoot her if she refused. The victim did not see a weapon.
The sexual assault was interrupted when a relative of the victim arrived to pick her up, DeBusk said.
In the short time after the incident occurred, KPD officers converged on the business with at least seven cruisers and one SUV parked in front of the business. Police in marked cruisers searched the addresses across the street looking for the suspect who was eventually located. No neighboring businesses appeared to be open and no witnesses were found on the sidewalk or near the business following the incident.
The youth was arrested a short time later at his home, from which he had been earlier reported to police as a runaway, according to police.
Police were able to locate the youth because the description given by the victim matched that of the runaway.
He currently is being held at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Services Center.