Stunned Community

" New developments. The case that has done to me their community near San Francisco and a whole lot of other people fourteen energy is -- teenagers using right now are in courts. At this hour they are charged with the rape being a fifteen year old girl outside a high school dance and Richmond California. Investigators have called these suspects monsters. Police say as many as twenty people were gathered there as this girl was sexually assaulted -- homecoming dance. Know we did anything to stop it -- called police. Can they face charges those bystanders could -- be in trouble with the law as well on the -- with this now is lieutenant mark Kagan of the Richmond police department lieutenant thanks for your time. It tell me how many more people you're looking for."

" Well the investigation initially spoke of between -- but it active participant. Or -- And as we did our investigation that expanded to belly -- but people because if you believe there's of the group or or they'll be arrested for --"

" It will we talk about these bystanders I know on the face of -- the law does not allow you to arrest them for just standing there doing nothing."

" That's correct but we have no authority -- ability to. But it short partially that it but he apparently watched."

" But I want to ask you because. The person who heads the sex crimes unit at the DA's office there is quoted in the local paper there is saying. They could potentially face these aiding and abetting charges which she -- if they can be proven that their actions facilitated. Or goaded the perpetrators. Yeah."

" That's a very. Point. When he talked possibly witnessing something they did I Italy -- of Serb sub with a big. But if they're behavior if they did anything to encourage facilitate. And allow -- prior to further than there are aiding abetting."

" So how do you find out who did what is your videotape out there."

" Well. Unfortunately though the perfect thing about this or so many participants in this -- old but it's also an advantage with detectives this tells people what of the defendant. -- And start pulling them individually accountable they do speak about what this other people do it. So the sheer number of participants and witnesses. Has allowed -- there's committee. So people are talking. Yes that. I would say that by the time we -- there interrogation of the -- that for fairly comfortably ago. What they had done what other people but it initially we have had a lot of self serving statements from lot of I don't know."

" I know that you ended up finding this girl thankfully a woman overheard some guys talking about what had happened and and she called police. -- the victim doing."

" To Jerusalem yesterday for the physical injuries are are doing I think belt motion only part of this. It's something they'll say here's the battle like --"

" believe it lieutenant market in his with the Richmond police department and I know you have a 20000 dollar -- out there. For any information so if anybody has any please come forward to them -- thank you -- future."