2 Men, Boy Charged in Sex Assault on Student
Two men and a 16-year-old boy were charged Wednesday in connection with the kidnaping and sexual assault of a 21-year-old college student after she was dragged from a Sherman Oaks restaurant parking lot Saturday night.
Orlando Aniceto, 23, of Hollywood, was charged with three counts of rape and one count each of oral copulation, sexual battery, rape with a foreign object, kidnaping and robbery.
Carlos Martinez, 18, residence unknown, was charged with one count of kidnaping. A 16-year-old boy was charged in Sylmar Juvenile Court with kidnaping for robbery, robbery and rape.
The victim was dragged into a car as she walked from Stanley’s Restaurant with three female friends, police said.
She was then taken to a residential area and assaulted by Aniceto in the front yard of one home and in the rear yard of another, police said.
Aniceto, Martinez, and the juvenile all were arrested the same evening, police said. A fourth suspect remains at large.
The two adults are being held in County Jail in lieu of $300,000 bail. The 16-year-old is being held in Sylmar Juvenile Hall.
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