RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — A sixth suspect has been charged in the gang rape of 16-year-old girl outside Richmond High School's homecoming dance.
Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan says 21-year-old Elvis Torrentes was charged Thursday with rape by a foreign object of a person unable to resist due to intoxication, rape by a foreign object while acting in concert and rape while acting in concert.
Police say Torrentes was one of as many as 10 people who participated in the Oct. 24 attack on the girl in a dimly lit courtyard on campus. The victim was found naked and semi-conscious after the nearly two-hour assault.
Investigators believe as many as 20 people may have watched the rape without calling police.
Contra Costa County prosecutors have filed rape charges against five others, ranging in age from 15 to 21.
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