Brett
07-11-2006, 12:30 PM
FRESNO, California (AP) -- More arrests are likely in a rape case involving an 11-year-old girl who may have been attacked by as many as 10 men, according to police.
Two arrests have been made in the Saturday attack, and officials said they have identified eight others as persons of interest. Most or all are students at either Fresno City College or Reedley College, police said.
The Fresno Bee reported that police were waiting for analysis of evidence, including DNA samples, before deciding whether to seek charges against six additional Fresno City College football players they had interviewed Sunday about the case.
The alleged victim went to an apartment complex on Saturday night to visit an acquaintance, said police spokesman Jeff Cardinale. While she was inside one of the apartments, she allegedly was sexually assaulted multiple times by several men. (Watch a neighbor describe the suspects -- 1:41)
The girl fled the apartment and asked for help from a couple on the street, who called police. She was taken to a hospital for examination and is now in the care of Child Protective Services.
Mackey Davis, 20, and Eddie Scott, 19, were arrested on suspicion of child molestation with a victim under 14 and oral copulation with a victim under 18. Both were being held on $100,000 bail.
Police said they are looking for a 15-year-old girl who ran away from a group home with the victim Saturday and may have witnessed the attack, the Bee reported.
The rape allegedly took place in apartments that house some Fresno City College football players. Davis and Scott were students at Reedley and may have been in the process of transferring to Fresno City College, Cardinale said.
Neighbor Valerie Tice told CNN affiliate KSEE that Davis and Scott moved into the apartment next door to hers at the Villa Hermosa apartment complex two weeks ago, and were good neighbors.
"They were very polite guys. ... They have never disrespected nobody. They'd come to my house and sit in there and play video games with my son," Tice told KSEE. She said news of the arrests shocked her.
"We're very much concerned about what's going on," said Ned Doffoney, president of Fresno City College. "Right now we just want to look into what ties there are with the college and make sure that everyone's rights are being respected."
Officials at Reedley College said they were working with police and did not want to comment on an ongoing investigation.
It was not immediately clear Monday if Davis and Scott had attorneys.
Two arrests have been made in the Saturday attack, and officials said they have identified eight others as persons of interest. Most or all are students at either Fresno City College or Reedley College, police said.
The Fresno Bee reported that police were waiting for analysis of evidence, including DNA samples, before deciding whether to seek charges against six additional Fresno City College football players they had interviewed Sunday about the case.
The alleged victim went to an apartment complex on Saturday night to visit an acquaintance, said police spokesman Jeff Cardinale. While she was inside one of the apartments, she allegedly was sexually assaulted multiple times by several men. (Watch a neighbor describe the suspects -- 1:41)
The girl fled the apartment and asked for help from a couple on the street, who called police. She was taken to a hospital for examination and is now in the care of Child Protective Services.
Mackey Davis, 20, and Eddie Scott, 19, were arrested on suspicion of child molestation with a victim under 14 and oral copulation with a victim under 18. Both were being held on $100,000 bail.
Police said they are looking for a 15-year-old girl who ran away from a group home with the victim Saturday and may have witnessed the attack, the Bee reported.
The rape allegedly took place in apartments that house some Fresno City College football players. Davis and Scott were students at Reedley and may have been in the process of transferring to Fresno City College, Cardinale said.
Neighbor Valerie Tice told CNN affiliate KSEE that Davis and Scott moved into the apartment next door to hers at the Villa Hermosa apartment complex two weeks ago, and were good neighbors.
"They were very polite guys. ... They have never disrespected nobody. They'd come to my house and sit in there and play video games with my son," Tice told KSEE. She said news of the arrests shocked her.
"We're very much concerned about what's going on," said Ned Doffoney, president of Fresno City College. "Right now we just want to look into what ties there are with the college and make sure that everyone's rights are being respected."
Officials at Reedley College said they were working with police and did not want to comment on an ongoing investigation.
It was not immediately clear Monday if Davis and Scott had attorneys.