Bail set at $500,000 in child gang-rape case
TRENTON, NJ (AP) - Police say the stepsister sold the child to have sex with as many as seven men and boys at a party in a vacant apartment...
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — Bail has been set at $500,000 for a New Jersey man accused of participating in the gang-rape of a 7-year-old girl.
Gregory Leary made his first court appearance Thursday.
The 20-year-old Leary is also accused of statutory rape and endangering the welfare of a child. Trenton police say he also had sex with the girl’s 15-year-old stepsister.
WATCH THIS EARLIER REPORT ON THE GANG RAPE SUSPECTS:
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Police say the stepsister sold the child to have sex with as many as seven men and boys at a party in a vacant apartment. The stepsister has also been arrested.
Besides Leary, four others have been charged with the girl’s rape. They are ages 13, 14, 17 and 19, and were charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment.
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