Crime & Safety
Teenager Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Four-Year-Old Girl In Queens, Police Say
The 15-year-old boy climbed into the victim's home through a window, police said.
ROSEDALE, QUEENS — A 15-year-old boy has been charged with sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl inside her Queens home, police said.
The child told investigators she was molested by three "bad boys," according to the New York Daily News.
The teenager, whose identity was not released by police, was arrested around 2.30 a.m. Tuesday and charged with attempted rape, burglary and aggravated sexual abuse, police said.
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Police said the attacker entered the child's second floor apartment in Rosedale through a window by using a ladder early Sunday.
The victim's parents, both of whom work overnight shifts, had left her sleeping in the room she shares with her brothers, the Daily News reported. Upon returning home, they found the window open and their daughter complaining of pain.
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Police didn't confirm if they were looking for anybody else.
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