They’re alleged to have brutally attacked and raped a young woman at a Brooklyn playground, then celebrated their dark deed while shopping at a local convenience store.
Now, four teenagers have been taken into police custody in connection with what the New York City mayor called a “horrific attack.”
Police said Sunday two teenagers surrendered and two were apprehended after the attack last week, which gained national headlines. Charges were pending against a 14-year-old, 17-year-old and two 15-year-olds. A fifth suspect is still being sought.
Authorities said the 18-year-old woman was accosted just after 9 p.m. Thursday as she and her father walked inside Osborn Playground in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.
Police said there were five suspects, and one pointed a gun at the father and told him to leave. Each man raped the woman, police said. The father returned with two police officers, but the attackers fled.
Images of the alleged attackers, smiling and joking, were later captured on a convenience store security camera.
The woman was treated at Kings County Hospital and released.
Some legal experts warn that sentencing juveniles to serious jail time is not exactly easy in New York. Considering the juvenile status of three of the accused criminals, getting them tried as adults would require the prosecution to have a strong case against each teen.
Given the nature of the horrific crime the five are accused of, the state is likely to attempt to try them as adults and seek maximum punishment. But, as the investigation continues, the possibility still exists that at least one of the alleged attackers could be tried as a juvenile.
“I am disgusted and deeply saddened by the horrific attack,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement released Sunday.
He added, “Every New Yorker in every neighborhood deserves to feel safe and protected, and we will not stop until the perpetrators of this disturbing attack are held accountable for their actions.”
Elected officials, residents and activists spoke out against the alleged assault on Sunday, offering a reward for information leading to an arrest.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams released a statement saying he was “sickened” by reports of the attack and called on the New York Police Department to conduct a full investigation “not only to identify all those responsible for this horrific attack, but also to determine if everything possible was done to protect the victim and the public.”
An NYPD police spokesman said there was no delay in the police response.
“A patrol car from the 73rd Precinct was approached on the street and told about the attack by the victim’s father, who directed the officers to the scene,” police spokesman Stephen Davis said.
“The police officers immediately responded and located the victim,” Davis said. “The suspects had already fled.”
Adams on Sunday also questioned why the police waited until Saturday night, 48 hours later, to alert the public of the crime when it released surveillance video they said showed the men in a convenience store around the time of the alleged incident.
Davis said the commanding officer of the precinct began contacting local community leaders about the alleged rape on Friday.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Crime has gone up dramatically since the two Boston bozos, Mayor DeBlasio and police commissioner Bratton took over NYC.. Then we see Bratton with that silly Boston accent criticizing Los Angeles and ex-NYC police commissioner Kelly. Beantown bum kissers are ruining the NYPD’s 20 years of lowering crime.
If daddy had a gun? Different story. Rape is an extremely violent crime. And what about the little pixie toting the gun? Juvenile? You pick up a gun? You became a man. I want to see their arrest records.
exactly…GUNS PREVENT crime
OK, I guess it is about time for someone to tell you how it actually is. You sit here and whine about your elected officials not doing their job yet you keep electing them, that means that it is YOUR fault. You all know that your cities are not safe and that your officals will not or can not make them safe yet you do nothing. So now you can either do nothing and just wait for it to be your time to die at the hands of these bastards OR you can start today RIGHT NOW to start protecting your self and your loved ones. If you are a law abbiding citizen and your city won’t let you buy a gun if they infringe on your RIGHT to buy a gun then you need to go to the same place that criminals go to buy a gun. Buy one and learn to use it and carry it. If you don’t protect your self and the ones you love NOBODY will. Gun restricting laws and gun free zones KILL. I hope I reached someone here because I love you all and I don’t want to read about you being the next victim of some mad dog that the gov. sicked on you.
Great post Jim. My thoughts exactly.
Mine also this is crazy
I would suggest the father of the girl rent a copy of “Death Wish” with Charles Bronson. In the movie the police were not in any hurry to find him because attacks on people had went down after his brand of justice.
PS: I don’t think that all Boston accents are silly. However, Bratton has the worst accent ever and his arrogance and incompetence has erased Ray Kelly’s decade of progress in lowering crime.
i was born there in browns ville it was then whites ville it got so bad and the police made it worse. they say they live in a geto who made it that they chased all the white people out and now the blacks are leaveing for better liveing. ps i moved to the state of va were they dont take that ultra liberal bleading hemroids. you get put in prison for that crap that is why crime is low.i meet more people from tilden hi then i knew went there.
They’ll go to prison, where they’ll be taught to rape women as Muslims do: under the banner of Islam.
Hey Jim r u speaking from experience. Were u raped in prison?
Sounds like you are another person that likes to attack for no reason. Get a life Mike.
Mie, you really are a disgusting piece of trash.
read about FATWA #64…and ISIS publication
The black bastards should be hung beside burning crosses!
Um…no?
You’re a shame. Sad.
can we say castration
We already knew they were black, because race wasn’t mentioned. Now DeBlasio will use any excuse possible to get them off or very minimal sentences. We need Trump to clean up this country, and we need him now.
Time to lock and load men! If it was me walking my daughter under the same circumstances, they would be calling for five body bags for these illiterate p.o.s thanks to two gentlemen’s named Smith and and Wesson!
I agree wholeheartedly brother! Very well put, and I would do the same!
WHERE IS SHARPTON!?!??????? seems like he is only around when he gets payed to say some idiotic remarks!!! All lves matter no matter what color. stupid cannot ever be fixed!!!!!!!!!
Sharpton ain’t nowhere to be found because this likely is a black on black crime, he only shows his ugly face when something is alleged as a white on black crime, even if the “crime” is self-defense. Also if the police arrived quickly, it wasn’t before all 5 suspects raped this girl, so either the police moved like molasses or the suspects were like rabbits.
But New Yorker keep voting these cop hating major, governor and pic in office. So who’s stupid
You are exactly correct Elaine. The people were stupid enough to vote these people into office and then complain because they act like the POS demoRATS that they are. New Yorkers need to get rid of ALL their demoRAT corrupt POS and start electing people who will honor the oath they all take. Asking a lot I know but if they don’t NOTHING will change.
Why is Sharpton and his daughter still walking the streets and never convicted of Tax Evation
Because he is Obama’s kiss ass! Birds of a feather!
The present course of action by authorities is to make the perpetrators ‘victims’. The tragedy remains that many negros are not punished for their crimes. Somehow looting, burning, raping, civil disobedience, incitement, stealing and sometimes murder all go unheeded when they ‘react’ to something THEY feel is warranted.
With the protection (acquiescence) of sharpton or jackson or the pos in the WH protecting them, it is reasonable to assume they will continue to create chaos.
Correction PLEASE!!!! It’s not the WH ITS THE BLACK HOUSE.
How could a father walk away while his daughter was being attacked ? Why did he not stay and try to help her ? When he returned with two policemen, the attack was over, evidently. The victim should be incensed that her father abandoned her at her moment of horrific crisis. Not much of a man or father! Shameful !
Jennifer there was 5 of them with gun so dad suppose to stay there & watch & or try to stop them then take chance of both getting killed I think he did right thing he went & got cops at least he brought back help so if they was still there they could catch them & brought back help so they could get her to hospital faster it would have done no good to stay there & get hurt or killed at least he brought cops back to the seen
Jennifer, you musst not have understood the article. If some crazy kid points a gun at you and tells you to leave, its best to leave and get help. Getting himself killed would not have protected his daughter, As a result, the father is still alive, and the criminals are in jail. You should be ashamed of your remarks.
I agree with you Jennifer. The reason why it is so serious when the father left his daughter is because he is no longer her protector. He did not lift a finger to help her. He was a man and even though there were five boys all he had to do was injure one and the other scared boys would run for their life. Sad that he did not think of that. Now his daughter will no longer feel the same towards her father.
You are a sick wench! period
Jennifer he did the best thing he could under the circumstances. He could not take on 5 barbarians. You should be ashamed of yourself. Would getting himself killed have helped his daughter?
Bratton is DeBlasio’s bitch.
They committed an adult crime; they should be prosecuted as adults. Simple as that.
@ A. Peter Ardito: PERFECTLY SAID!!!!!
They need to be held responsible for this crime, let he Father take care of the punishment.
Time to lock and load men! If it was me walking my daughter under the same circumstances, they would be calling for five body bags for these illiterate p.o.s thanks to two gentlemen’s named Smith and Wesson! !
This is a direct result over many years since Obama in office whenever there is rioting by Blacks he is silent sending signals that he condones it, therefore these people like the rapists figure hey carte blanch we can do what we want we have OUR GUY in the WH………Its time to start shooting these people for what they are common animal preditors
L. Shamus, it proves the old saying, “you” can take the animal out of the jungle, but you cannot take the jungle out of the animal!
AMEN!!!
TOO BAD THE POLICE CAUGHT THEM………..WOULD RATHER HAVE SEEN THE COMMUNITY CATCH THEM! HOPE THEY GET SAME IN JAIL!!!!
i am surprised that the mayor of New York didn’t quote the mayor of Cologne, Germany who said the women need to protect themselves by keeping men an arms length away from them.
Too bad she & her father weren’t packing heat. Those little bullies had a gun – how would Obama address that problem – have stricter background checks for minors purchasing guns? Oh, that’s rich.
As a disabled female, the only thing that puts me on level footing with a gang of punks with a gun is if I had a gun.
This young lady’s situation was horrific, God bless her, but could have turned out much worse. I’m glad it didn’t.
I believe since those punks pulled off “adult” crimes, they should be charged as adults. And where, oh where, were their parents/guardians?
Doing the drugs or collecting $$$$$$$$$$from the state
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there is a lot to be said for the old time vigilantes and instant justice. may as well get used to this from
the black trash.
It is my understanding that We the Peoples Federal Govn. in regard to aid to dependent famlies has been so screwed up by the people that we send to Congress that it has broken up the the dependent families so only one parent is left, usually the mother with no education and no job and usually with more than one kid. One of the first thing that God set up was the family, consisting of a male father and a female mother. He put the desire in each of the man and woman to mate to bring children into the world to keep their race from going extinct, 2.3 kids. It worked beautifully for thousands of years until our idiot congress got involved. Now we see the results with the five blacks that raped the poor girl. Wild, uneducated, no parenthetical control, no help from our schools, no midnight basked ball or Sunday school, no pride in themselves and no hope. Idiot US congress?
Very well said Ben!!
Here’s a prime example of the liberal left’s gun laws…… the criminal has the gun, and the citizens have no chance of defending themselves! Imagine if that Dad was able to carry a concealed firearm to protect himself and his daughter…. would have been a different outcome! I’d rather go down fighting than let some punks rape my daughter!
I DON’T GIVE A DAMN WHAT THE LAW SAYS, I AM ALWAYS HEALED (CARRYING A WEAPON). IN THIS DAY AND TIME YOU HAD BETTER ARM YOURSELF OR YOU WILL BE ANOTHER STATISTIC! BETTER TO BE JUDGED BY 12 THAN CARRIED BY 6!!!!
that’s happens when you take all the guns away ,if dad had a gun, five black BOYS would be dead,and one had a gun wheres Obama on this one,the bad apples will aways get the guns and the people will suffer for it,they need to impeach there mayor
we MUST NOT let HRC get elected, that would mean an extension of “O” and his dastardly executives orders!
If it took that long to get the police, they must not have responded very quick.
As far as the age, if they are old enough to get a stiff one and rape someone, they are old enough to be treated as an adult. All should be put in jail and MAYBE get the same treatment. ALL are Adults!
Charles Bronson should have been there
Better yet, it would make Clint Eastwoods day!!
If Daughter and Daddy were packing weapons we would now be rid of 4 worthless assholes.
When We the People tire of the Muslim and Black gang violence, the streets will run red. jwstx
THE SOONER THE BETTER….ERADICATE THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It will take too much money and time to attempt to prosecute these degenerates. My vote is to set them free. Then turn a blind eye to street justice. Why not? Young men who get into this lifestyle this early will end up dead sooner or later anyway. May as well let the girls family take care of the problem on a free ticket.
Mr Mayor Bill Mussolini released these rapists again to attack the same woman or someone else. He is solely responsible for the new crime wave in NYC. If I see him either I would mock this liberal bozo or punch him in the nose. He is receiving and disgusting!
He is also DECEIVING!!
Hopefully these rapists will face an adult court and a jury of angry women. The best way to discourage this sort of action is to make sure that punishment is swift and severe. People who commit serious crimes should not get off easy because of their youthful age. If the 14 & 15 year old are allowed to be tried as juveniles they should face five to ten years locked up in a juvenile facility.
It never ceases to amaze me. How the Sharpton’s, Jackson’s and the moron in the White House are only around when a white cop kills a black thug! Black Lives Matter the Democrat’s really believe that gun control will stop all this senseless killing? The only people that will have a gun are the thugs roaming the streets raping, robbing and killing innocent citizens. I hope all of the thugs that raped that girl, end up in prison and they get just what they did to the her
Not a problem, when they are released round them up and turn them over to gay rape gangs for karma justice.Let’s see how much celebrating they have in them after 18 men sodomize each one of them.
If it was my daughter, I might go hunting! Just saying!!!
If I was the Dad I’d give those N166ERS Charles Bronson Justice
Like the old saying, you can take the animal out of the jungle, but you cannot take the jungle out of the animal!!
a person must wonder,where is the black lives matter group now?