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December 8th, 2008, 03:41 AM
A 14-year-old boy is in the hospital with severe internal injuries after he was sodomized with a broomstick in a New Springville backyard, allegedly by another teenage boy, police said.
Joseph Lavalle, 16, of Great Kills, was arrested Friday evening in connection with Tuesday's incident and charged with first-degree aggravated sexual abuse and assault. Law enforcement sources said there could be more arrests.
The 14-year-old, whose name was not released, was sodomized in the backyard of a residence on Klondike Avenue at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, as the victim, the victim's brother, Lavalle and several other teens were hanging out, according to court documents and sources.
The victim suffered a perforated rectum and must wear a colostomy bag, police said in court documents, and last night remained hospitalized at Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton, where he is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair the damage.
"They meant it as a joke, just playing around. They didn't mean for it to go as far as it did," said a neighborhood teen who wouldn't give her name.
Lavalle's mother, reached by telephone last night, confirmed that her son told her the assault was initially meant as a joke, but referred all other questions to an attorney. She added, "it wasn't just my son," before hanging up.
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Joseph Lavalle, 16, of Great Kills, was arrested Friday evening in connection with Tuesday's incident and charged with first-degree aggravated sexual abuse and assault. Law enforcement sources said there could be more arrests.
The 14-year-old, whose name was not released, was sodomized in the backyard of a residence on Klondike Avenue at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, as the victim, the victim's brother, Lavalle and several other teens were hanging out, according to court documents and sources.
The victim suffered a perforated rectum and must wear a colostomy bag, police said in court documents, and last night remained hospitalized at Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton, where he is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair the damage.
"They meant it as a joke, just playing around. They didn't mean for it to go as far as it did," said a neighborhood teen who wouldn't give her name.
Lavalle's mother, reached by telephone last night, confirmed that her son told her the assault was initially meant as a joke, but referred all other questions to an attorney. She added, "it wasn't just my son," before hanging up.
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/cops_teen_sodomized_with_broom.html
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