Three Women Raped During Brooklyn Home Invasion

A Crown Heights family endured a lifetime of horrors when a group of men raped the mother, daughter, and family friend during a home invasion robbery. The Daily News reports that around 1AM yesterday morning, three men "pushed their way into the second-floor Sterling Place apartment." The Post says the 41-year-old father and two sons, ages 14 and 22, were pistol-whipped and tied up before they preyed upon the women, a 43-year-old woman, her 17-year-old daughter and a teenage family friend.

The attackers also stole jewelry and money. Police believe that the attackers are members of the Bloods - two members were wearing red scarves. It's suspected they were looking for a debt to be paid and that a family member, either the 22-year-old son or another family member not present, may be in the gang.

The men wore condoms during the rapes, so there may not be enough DNA evidence. The father told the News, "It's terrible. I don't want anything to happen to my family.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 31, 2007 8:08 AM

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guest

That's a picture of a bandanna. And the Daily News is dumb.

guest

#10, who cares what color they are?

Are you implying that only non-whites commit assault? Humans, especially male humans, tend to attack each other. Not all, not most, but some. Always have, always will. Period. Read a history of London sometime. Or Berlin. Or Paris. Or Chicago. Or New York Fucking City.

Fool.

guest

#14: That happened in West Palm Beach, Florida, NOT Newark. But it did happen and Rev. Al didn't make a peep about it. Probably the worst crime I've ever read about.

guest

I wish that I hadn't read this. I can't imagine how much they are all suffering and will suffer for the rest of their lives.

guest

Just a question - this isn't LA. Do gangs here go on hoo-rides and stuff? Do they have cars? Hmm

guest

The Daily News says "scarfs". They also described them as "African-American".

Steven

This is what happens when a family member is involved with drugs and owns money.

guest

#14, how would any community of any ethnicity or culture handle it? The fact is you as a human being - regardless of race - should be horrified and repulsed by this sort of monstrosity. Everyone should be.

#11, you are 100% correct.

ed_Extinct

get the gallows ready, we should revert to hanging! fuck human rights!

guest

Some of you "haters" just wouldn't miss an opportunity to "school" an Asian, eh? lol

guest

ban·dan·na /bænˈdænə/

–noun 1. a large, printed handkerchief, typically one with white spots or figures on a red or blue background.

guest

BANDANAS.

guest

haha red Burberry scarves

guest

sounds like one of them new Gonzo type pornos.

it gets more explicit and real every time.

guest

I believe the correct term is "bandana", not scarf. Just saying. The guys weren't wearing knitted wool scarves.

guest

This brings to mind an "incident" a few weeks ago in Newark where a Haitian woman was raped by a gang of thugs and forced to perform oral sex on her own young son. My question is how do members of the African-American community address issues like these..?

guest

I take it you're not a defense attorney...

JRod5417

WTF! This sounds like a crime that would be committed in Darfur, not NY. Too bad we live in a country where we can't torture these criminals to death.

guest

well... the question is not what do we do with the monsters who did this, the question is: how and why did we allow for this to happen in the first place? and better: how do we prevent something like this from happening again?

it seems like we just accept that it's a given that these things will happen, and it's our job just to think of various punishemnts for the criminals.

that's just wrong. we need to spend some time and effort (and yes, our beloved 'tax payers money') in PREVENTION, not just the punishment of crimes.