A 14-year-old girl was reportedly raped Wednesday night near the Sea View Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility in Bolongo, according to Deputy Police Chief Theodore Carty.
Carty said the girl was hitchhiking from Anna's Retreat to Red Hook when a man in a dark two-door vehicle stopped and picked her up. He then drove to Bolongo where he is alleged to have forcibly raped her, Carty said.
The attack happened around 8:15 p.m., Carty said. The girl was treated at Roy L. Schneider Hospital and released.
Police described the suspect as a black male about 6 feet tall with a slim build and dark complexion, clean-shaven with a bald head.
Police spokeswoman Annette Raimer said that while the attack was classified as a second-degree rape–involving an adult having sex with a child between 13 and 16 years old–the use of force in the incident meant the charge could be upgraded to first-degree rape.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Investigation Bureau at 774-4050, the Crime Line at 777-8711, or 911.
