Miami police say a group of boys took a 12-year-old girl to a community garden in the city’s Overtown neighborhood as one of them r@ped her for 30 minutes.
Authorities said Jusiah Jones, 12, shoved rocks in the girl’s mouth so she couldn’t scream while Nelson Nunez, 13, assaulted her.A third boy, Xavier Tyson, is accused of participating as well; he was 14 at the time. All three are now charged as adults following a grand jury indictment issued on Wednesday. Police said a fourth boy witnessed the incident. MPD arrest reports state that the young girl was leaving a friend’s house in Overtown when she saw Jones, Nunez and the two other boys. According to police, Nunez grabbed the girl and took her to a couch within the garden as Jones and the other boys followed. The report states that the victim told police that Jones and Tyson “held her by the arms and legs preventing her from leaving” before Nunez started r@ping her. A woman who heard a commotion had her son call the boy who witnessed it. Police said she heard a recounting of the incident over the phone and described the call to investigators.According to the report, the witness at the scene, after saying over the phone “what your momma seen, it wasn’t like that,” recounted that the Tyson “pulled down the victim’s bra as the victim was yelling to stop and proceeded to play with her breasts while holding her hands.”Then, he said that Nunez asked one of the boys, “You think I should put it in?” and then began r@ping her, the report states.
“The victim began to yell, ‘No, no, stop, stop, it hurts’ and while she was yelling, (Jones) put rocks inside her mouth to shut her up”, the report states.The woman said as she went to pick up her mail, she heard the girl screaming, Then, she said she heard the girl’s father, whom she knows, yelling his daughter’s name.“The victim stated that (Nunez) finally stopped when they heard her father calling her name, at which point they all ran.” The boy who witnessed the crime would tell detectives, according to the report, that he “did not intervene because he was outnumbered and was afraid of getting beat up.”
30 Minutes of Terror: Young Boys Charged as Adults After Alleged Rape in Miami Garden
Miami police say a group of boys took a 12-year-old girl to a community garden in the city’s Overtown neighborhood as one of them r@ped her for 30 minutes.
Authorities said Jusiah Jones, 12, shoved rocks in the girl’s mouth so she couldn’t scream while Nelson Nunez, 13, assaulted her.A third boy, Xavier Tyson, is accused of participating as well; he was 14 at the time. All three are now charged as adults following a grand jury indictment issued on Wednesday. Police said a fourth boy witnessed the incident. MPD arrest reports state that the young girl was leaving a friend’s house in Overtown when she saw Jones, Nunez and the two other boys. According to police, Nunez grabbed the girl and took her to a couch within the garden as Jones and the other boys followed. The report states that the victim told police that Jones and Tyson “held her by the arms and legs preventing her from leaving” before Nunez started r@ping her. A woman who heard a commotion had her son call the boy who witnessed it. Police said she heard a recounting of the incident over the phone and described the call to investigators.According to the report, the witness at the scene, after saying over the phone “what your momma seen, it wasn’t like that,” recounted that the Tyson “pulled down the victim’s bra as the victim was yelling to stop and proceeded to play with her breasts while holding her hands.”Then, he said that Nunez asked one of the boys, “You think I should put it in?” and then began r@ping her, the report states.
“The victim began to yell, ‘No, no, stop, stop, it hurts’ and while she was yelling, (Jones) put rocks inside her mouth to shut her up”, the report states.The woman said as she went to pick up her mail, she heard the girl screaming, Then, she said she heard the girl’s father, whom she knows, yelling his daughter’s name.“The victim stated that (Nunez) finally stopped when they heard her father calling her name, at which point they all ran.” The boy who witnessed the crime would tell detectives, according to the report, that he “did not intervene because he was outnumbered and was afraid of getting beat up.”