Post by JB on Feb 17, 2009 23:41:33 GMT -6
One of two preteen Naperville boys accused of sexually assaulting a classmate last year has been charged with beating the victim the day after that alleged attack.
Charles Pelkie, spokesman for Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow, confirmed Tuesday a misdemeanor battery complaint has been filed against the 11-year-old implicated in the sex crime.
Pelkie said the reputed physical attack happened Nov. 12, with the battery charge formally filed last week. He would not say where the incident occurred or comment further on the matter.
The battery allegedly happened after the 11-year-old and a 12-year-old friend were charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old classmate. All three youths attend Gregory Middle School, 2621 Springdale Circle, although the reputed Nov. 11 sex assault occurred in a home on Naperville’s far south side.
Glasgow’s office has filed felony charges of criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse against both suspects, along with misdemeanor charges of battery. The boys will stand trial as juveniles.
Both youths were moved out of the reputed victim’s classroom and placed in other rooms following the alleged attack.
The parents of the reputed victim and others attended last week’s meeting of the Indian Prairie School District 204 Board of Education to demand the immediate suspension or expulsion of the suspects.
State Rep. Darlene J. Senger, R-Naperville, initiated legislation Friday in the Illinois General Assembly that would allow school districts to transfer students accused of committing felonies into alternative educational programs.
The father of the alleged victim, when contacted Tuesday by the Naperville Sun, would confirm only his son was attacked inside the school in the battery case.
“The school district has been aware since it occurred, and yet the superintendent has failed to act,” the man wrote in an e-mail.
A District 204 spokeswoman on Tuesday referred media inquiries to Jack Canna, the district’s attorney. Canna did not return a telephone message left late Tuesday afternoon at his office that sought comment on the new battery complaint.
Charles Pelkie, spokesman for Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow, confirmed Tuesday a misdemeanor battery complaint has been filed against the 11-year-old implicated in the sex crime.
Pelkie said the reputed physical attack happened Nov. 12, with the battery charge formally filed last week. He would not say where the incident occurred or comment further on the matter.
The battery allegedly happened after the 11-year-old and a 12-year-old friend were charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old classmate. All three youths attend Gregory Middle School, 2621 Springdale Circle, although the reputed Nov. 11 sex assault occurred in a home on Naperville’s far south side.
Glasgow’s office has filed felony charges of criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse against both suspects, along with misdemeanor charges of battery. The boys will stand trial as juveniles.
Both youths were moved out of the reputed victim’s classroom and placed in other rooms following the alleged attack.
The parents of the reputed victim and others attended last week’s meeting of the Indian Prairie School District 204 Board of Education to demand the immediate suspension or expulsion of the suspects.
State Rep. Darlene J. Senger, R-Naperville, initiated legislation Friday in the Illinois General Assembly that would allow school districts to transfer students accused of committing felonies into alternative educational programs.
The father of the alleged victim, when contacted Tuesday by the Naperville Sun, would confirm only his son was attacked inside the school in the battery case.
“The school district has been aware since it occurred, and yet the superintendent has failed to act,” the man wrote in an e-mail.
A District 204 spokeswoman on Tuesday referred media inquiries to Jack Canna, the district’s attorney. Canna did not return a telephone message left late Tuesday afternoon at his office that sought comment on the new battery complaint.