Another girl reportedly leaves school for sex
A 26-year-old man faces statutory rape charges after a teen-age girl got off the bus at her home drunk after school, with investigators later finding out she had skipped school to have sex with the man.
The defendant, Jorge Gonzalez, 26, is charged with aggravated statutory rape, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and contributing to the unruly behavior of a minor. He entered a not guilty plea Wednesday before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley and has been set for a jury trial this October.
The charges come after the victim, identified as a female 17-year-old Warren County High School student, returned to her home after school this past October in a drunken condition. The allegation she got off the bus drunk prompted an investigation by the sheriff?s department which learned she had skipped school the day in question, returning to campus in time to catch the school bus home.
Investigators further learned the girl allegedly went to Gonzalez?s home where the two had sexual relations while she was skipping school. Gonzalez has reportedly confessed to having sex with the teen.
The fact the girl is under 18 and Gonzalez is more than four years older than her makes the crime statutory rape, a crime punishable by one to two years in prison. The girl has been sanctioned for her actions by the juvenile court and school system.
His charges come around the same time another local resident was charged with meeting with a student who slipped off Warren County Middle School campus to have sex. The other case, that of Eduardo Orellano, allegedly 17, involved a sexual tryst with a 12-year-old girl who slipped off campus from the middle school in December.
Investigators say both parties have admitted to going to a nearby residence and having sex with one another before the girl tried to sneak back onto campus. The girl, now 13, has already been sanctioned by the juvenile court and school system for slipping off campus.
The boy, who originally faced up to 25 years in prison for child rape since the girl was under 13 at the time of the sex act, has since produced papers showing he is just 17, meaning he will be tried in juvenile court where he faces a top punishment of confinement until his 19th birthday.