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                                                                                                 U.S. NEWS Tuesday 4 april 2017


















               2nd teen suspect in Facebook assault case turns himself in



            DON BABWIN                   old girl after she was lured
            Associated Press             inside  a  residence  by  one
            CHICAGO  (AP)  —  A  sec-    of  the  suspects.  But  they
            ond teenager suspected in  have said that besides the
            the sexual assault of a Chi-  cellphone camera that re-
            cago  teenager  that  was  corded  the  incident  and
            streamed live on Facebook  streamed  it  live  on  Face-
            turned  himself  in  to  police  book,  others  at  the  scene
            on Monday afternoon.         also  recorded  the  sexual
            Police spokesman Anthony  assault.
            Guglielmi  said  the  mother  Police say they expect oth-
            of  a  15-year-old  boy  who  er juveniles and an adult to
            was being sought on an ar-   be charged. Police haven’t
            rest warrant issued Sunday  released the names of any
            brought him to a police sta-  suspects.
            tion. Guglielmi said the boy  Police have said the assault
            would  be  later  brought  to  was watched live by about
            a juvenile detention center  40 viewers, none of whom
            where  a  14-year-old  boy  called authorities to report
            who  was  arrested  in  the  what  was  happening.  The
            case  over  the  weekend  is  girl’s  mother  later  told  The
            being held.                  Associated  Press  that  the
            Each  teen  faces  felony  girl  and  the  family  were   Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson stands with 10th District officers as he
            counts  of  criminal  sexual  being  taunted  online  and   talks with reporters about the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook,
            assault,  manufacturing  of  ridiculed  and  harassed  by   during a press conference.
            child  pornography  and  children  in  their  neighbor-                                                   (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
            dissemination  of  child  por-  hood.
            nography, Guglielmi said.    Police  say  they  are  inves-
            Police  have  not  provided  tigating  the  online  com-  “traumatized,”  to  a  home  “safe  place”  and  has  not  not to identify the girl.
                                                                      outside the neighborhood.  returned to school.
                                                                                                                                Also  Monday,  a  juvenile
            details about what exactly  ments and have executed
            happened  on  March  19  a number of “social media        In  a  brief  interview,  the  The AP generally does not  court hearing for the teen-
                                                                      girl’s  mother  said  Monday  identify  potential  victims  ager  who  was  arrested
            when  they  said  five  or  six  search warrants.”
            males participated in sexu-  Police  have  moved  the     that  her  daughter  remains  of sexual assault and is not  over  the  weekend  was
            ally  assaulting  a  15-year-  girl, whom they describe as   at  what  police  called  the  identifying the mother so as  postponed until April 28.q

               Relative of slaying suspect doesn’t know ‘what went wrong’



            WASHINGTON (AP) — A rel-     an  enthusiasm  for  football  Atkinson  was  arrested  af-  ance,  authorities  said  At-  for kidnapping.
            ative of the North Carolina  and  basketball,  attending  ter a chase and crash near  kinson  Jr.  was  charged  in  The  court  documents  said
            man suspected of killing his  NFL games of the Carolina  Washington’s     downtown  North  Carolina  with  homi-    authorities  intend  to  extra-
            parents and taking his miss-  Panthers  and  Charlotte’s  monuments,  said  Metro-     cide.                        dite  Atkinson  Jr.  and  Coo-
            ing  11-year-old  niece  to  former NBA team, the Hor-    politan  Police  Department  Police  in  North  Carolina  per to North Carolina.
            Washington, D.C., says Cur-  nets.                        Capt.  David  Sledge.  He  had  said  earlier  that  they  Arieyana’s   grandparents
            tis Atkinson Jr. loved his par-  “They loved their boys. And  said  Forney  appeared  un-  planned  to  seek  charges  became her guardians af-
            ents and she doesn’t know  Curtis  Jr.  loved  his  dad,”  hurt and that a 25-year-old  against  Atkinson  in  the  ter  her  father,  29-year-old
            “what went wrong.”           said  Chandler,  of  Upper  woman in the car also was  deaths of his parents, Ruby  Micah  Atkinson,  was  killed
            First  cousin  Nina  Chandler  Marlboro,  Maryland.  “We  arrested.                    Atkinson, 62, and Curtis At-  in a still unsolved slaying in
            told  The  Associated  Press  can’t  get  our  hands  on  it.  Authorities  said  Curtis  At-  kinson  Sr.,  63.  They  were  2013, Chandler said.
            that  family  members  also  We don’t know what went  kinson  Jr.,  the  girl’s  uncle,  Forney’s grandparents.     Chandler said Curtis Jr. had
            don’t  know  why  Atkinson  wrong.”                       is  suspected  of  killing  his  Nikkia Cooper, 25, the third  never  been  to  the  Mary-
            was  found  with  his  late  A  911  call  on  Sunday  led  parents  at  their  Charlotte  person  in  the  car  stopped  land home she shares with
            brother’s  missing  11-year-  police  officers  in  Washing-  home  and  is  being  held  Sunday,  was  being  held  her husband east of Wash-
            old  daughter  after  fleeing  ton  to  the  11-year-old  girl,  in  Washington,  where  he  in  Washington  on  drug  ington,  so  she  didn’t  think
            the  North  Carolina  home  identified  as  Arieyana  For-  faced  a  schedule  court  charges, police said initial-  he was headed there.
            where  Atkinson’s  parents  ney,                          appearance  Monday  af-      ly.  Court  records  released  She also said she and Cur-
            were found dead Sunday.      who  authorities  said  was  ternoon.                     Monday     in   Washington  tis Atkinson Sr. grew up to-
            In  a  telephone  interview,  believed  kidnapped  from  In  court  documents  filed  identified  her  as  Nakkia  gether in North Carolina.
            Chandler  said  that  Atkin-  the home of her grandpar-   Monday  ahead  of  the  Cooper  and  said  she  was  “Maybe he was a troubled
            son and his parents shared  ents in Charlotte.            planned  court  appear-      wanted  in  North  Carolina  son,” Chandler said. q
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