2 Mustang teens charged with rape
Eric Bradshaw
Two Mustang teens have been charged with rape in Oklahoma City after an investigation beginning at the Mustang Police Department on March 12 at 6:30 a.m., said Sergeant Gary Knight of the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Trent Howard Karl, 16, and Kendel Craig Leimgruebler, 19, are accused of raping a 14 year-old Mustang girl on the evening of March 11 inside of a vehicle in the 10000 block of N.W. 10th St., in Oklahoma City. Karl is being charged with rape and Leimgruebler with rape and forcible sodomy.
“The victim told police that she had been raped by Karl and that Leimgruebler had attempted to rape her and then forced her to perform oral sodomy,” said Knight.
“She said he told her that he would hurt her if she did not perform oral sodomy.”
The juvenile first reported the rape to the Mustang PD at 6:30 a.m., the morning after the alleged incident took place. Mustang police officers contacted the Oklahoma City PD at 7:30 a.m., Knight said.
“The girl knew who had committed the rape and the Oklahoma City police, accompanied by Mustang police officers went to the suspect Karl’s residence where they found Leimgruebler’s vehicle outside. Both were inside and arrested,” Knight said.
The arresting officer from Oklahoma City was Sergeant Stepien, according to the Mustang PD. He was accompanied by two unnamed Mustang police officers.
Knight said charges were filed against the teens Friday.
Eric Bradshaw
Two Mustang teens have been charged with rape in Oklahoma City after an investigation beginning at the Mustang Police Department on March 12 at 6:30 a.m., said Sergeant Gary Knight of the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Trent Howard Karl, 16, and Kendel Craig Leimgruebler, 19, are accused of raping a 14 year-old Mustang girl on the evening of March 11 inside of a vehicle in the 10000 block of N.W. 10th St., in Oklahoma City. Karl is being charged with rape and Leimgruebler with rape and forcible sodomy.
“The victim told police that she had been raped by Karl and that Leimgruebler had attempted to rape her and then forced her to perform oral sodomy,” said Knight.
“She said he told her that he would hurt her if she did not perform oral sodomy.”
The juvenile first reported the rape to the Mustang PD at 6:30 a.m., the morning after the alleged incident took place. Mustang police officers contacted the Oklahoma City PD at 7:30 a.m., Knight said.
“The girl knew who had committed the rape and the Oklahoma City police, accompanied by Mustang police officers went to the suspect Karl’s residence where they found Leimgruebler’s vehicle outside. Both were inside and arrested,” Knight said.
The arresting officer from Oklahoma City was Sergeant Stepien, according to the Mustang PD. He was accompanied by two unnamed Mustang police officers.
Knight said charges were filed against the teens Friday.
4 comments
why did you not tell everyone she refused a rape kit and that she has been out every night since the alleged Rape,you would think that she would be devestated.But no she has been telling everyone that it was a joke but can't tell the truth because of getting in trouble herself.She also last week got arrested for shop lifting in OKC.SO I WONDER WHO IS THE VICTIM HERE...a 16Y/O boy who was with the wrong girl or a 14y/o girl who will do anything to get attention
there should be an investigation of this girl she has been in trouble before and niether one of the boys has any kind of crimanal record. she has been heard telling a differrent story to friends. it would be a shame to have theses two nice kids incarcerated for somthing they obviusly would never do. anybody that knows the true story please come forward and save these boys from this grave injustice.
Falsely Accused? Why the Law of rape should seriously penalize false reports!
Has a good guy been falsely accused?
The majority of people asked say yes. Sometimes cases just feel false.
If someone is falsely accused, It would'nt be the first time that a false report has been filed in an "acquaintance/Date rape" case.
Why false reports are especially harmful and destructive
The statistics on false reports in the U.S. are widely divergent, and often too out dated to be meaningful. Not surprisingly, the numbers also depend on whom you ask. Organizations that tout a feminist agenda claim the number of false rape reports to be nearly non-existent-about two percent. But other organizations, taking the side of men, claim that false reports are actually very common-citing numbers ranging from forty-one to sixty percent.
Amid the statistics, the truth is impossible to ascertain-but it's plain that false reports are indeed made, and they can ruin the life of the accused, whether or not a conviction follows.
Falsely reporting any crime is shameful. Falsely reporting a rape is especially heinous. The liar who files the false claim dishonors-and makes life all the more difficult for-the many true victims who file genuine rape claims because they have been terribly violated, and seek justice for it. At the same time,and perhaps even more seriously, the false report begins to destroy the reputation, and sometimes the life, of the accused from the very moment it is made-a fact of which many accusers are keenly aware.
This phenomenon of "Conviction before trial" is especially acute in rape cases.
The two basic types of false Acquaintance/Date rape reports
In all of my researching , I've found that false "acquaintance rape" and "date rape" accusers tend to fall into two categories.
First, there are those who seek revenge against the accused: the jilted lover, disgruntled employee, or custody-seeking ex. Their reason for wanting to cause harm to the accused is transparent. Fotunately, that usually means it is also easily exposed to both judge and jury.
Second, there are those who seek not to annihilate another's reputation, but instead to preserve their own-albiet at another's expense. Some are very young girls who are trying to cover up, to their parents, the fact that they are already sexually active. Others are men and women in relationships who are trying to cover up, to their partners, that they have commited an infidelity.
A seemingly remorseful girl told me " I knew if my parents knew I had sex they would beat me. The only way out of the beating was to play the rape card."You read it correctly: The rape card.
The need to make false rape accusations a felony, with serious penalties
There are several ways in which states my crack down on false rape reports, while still allowing genuine rape claims to be successfully prosecuted.
First, states can increase penalties for false reporting, which are often minimal.
States should make the crime of false reporting a felony, with penalties serious enough to have a strong deterrent effect. Currently the stakes are way to low for the accuser, given how very high they are for the accused.
Juries should be allowed to express a finding that an accuser lied
In addition to imposing serious penalties for false reporting, states should also give juries that conclude the accuser has lied, a way to voice that finding- allowing them to render a "Not Credible" verdict along with their "Not Guilty" verdict. Otherwise, the taint of the prosecution wll linger.
The current law, however, simply ignores that the false report has happened. It only makes sense: A finding of a lie ought to prevent the false accuser from using that lie as the basis for a future case.
Real deterrents are needed to prevent false rape reports
Society rightly makes great efforts to protect victims(who are usually women)against the ravages of rape and sexual assault. But should'nt we also do more to better protect defendants(virtually always men)from being wrongfully accused?
False reports of rape are like other crimes: They can be deterred. Such reports are easy to make-all they require is a phone call and police interview. They are also devastating. Yet accusers have little to fear, under current law, if they lie. If the stakes were higher, then those holding the "rape card" might see fit to fold.
The asymmetry between the accused and the accuser needs to be remedied- and the law needs to take false reports of rape seriously, just as it take rape itself seriously. Both can be life-destroying for the victim; both should be punished appropriately by our legal system.
Falsely Accused? Why the Law of rape should seriously penalize false reports!
Has a good guy been falsely accused?
The majority of people asked say yes. Sometimes cases just feel false.
If someone is falsely accused, It would'nt be the first time that a false report has been filed in an "acquaintance/Date rape" case.
Why false reports are especially harmful and destructive
The statistics on false reports in the U.S. are widely divergent, and often too out dated to be meaningful. Not surprisingly, the numbers also depend on whom you ask. Organizations that tout a feminist agenda claim the number of false rape reports to be nearly non-existent-about two percent. But other organizations, taking the side of men, claim that false reports are actually very common-citing numbers ranging from forty-one to sixty percent.
Amid the statistics, the truth is impossible to ascertain-but it's plain that false reports are indeed made, and they can ruin the life of the accused, whether or not a conviction follows.
Falsely reporting any crime is shameful. Falsely reporting a rape is especially heinous. The liar who files the false claim dishonors-and makes life all the more difficult for-the many true victims who file genuine rape claims because they have been terribly violated, and seek justice for it. At the same time,and perhaps even more seriously, the false report begins to destroy the reputation, and sometimes the life, of the accused from the very moment it is made-a fact of which many accusers are keenly aware.
This phenomenon of "Conviction before trial" is especially acute in rape cases.
The two basic types of false Acquaintance/Date rape reports
In all of my researching , I've found that false "acquaintance rape" and "date rape" accusers tend to fall into two categories.
First, there are those who seek revenge against the accused: the jilted lover, disgruntled employee, or custody-seeking ex. Their reason for wanting to cause harm to the accused is transparent. Fotunately, that usually means it is also easily exposed to both judge and jury.
Second, there are those who seek not to annihilate another's reputation, but instead to preserve their own-albiet at another's expense. Some are very young girls who are trying to cover up, to their parents, the fact that they are already sexually active. Others are men and women in relationships who are trying to cover up, to their partners, that they have commited an infidelity.
A seemingly remorseful girl told me " I knew if my parents knew I had sex they would beat me. The only way out of the beating was to play the rape card."You read it correctly: The rape card.
The need to make false rape accusations a felony, with serious penalties
There are several ways in which states my crack down on false rape reports, while still allowing genuine rape claims to be successfully prosecuted.
First, states can increase penalties for false reporting, which are often minimal.
States should make the crime of false reporting a felony, with penalties serious enough to have a strong deterrent effect. Currently the stakes are way to low for the accuser, given how very high they are for the accused.
Juries should be allowed to express a finding that an accuser lied
In addition to imposing serious penalties for false reporting, states should also give juries that conclude the accuser has lied, a way to voice that finding- allowing them to render a "Not Credible" verdict along with their "Not Guilty" verdict. Otherwise, the taint of the prosecution wll linger.
The current law, however, simply ignores that the false report has happened. It only makes sense: A finding of a lie ought to prevent the false accuser from using that lie as the basis for a future case.
Real deterrents are needed to prevent false rape reports
Society rightly makes great efforts to protect victims(who are usually women)against the ravages of rape and sexual assault. But should'nt we also do more to better protect defendants(virtually always men)from being wrongfully accused?
False reports of rape are like other crimes: They can be deterred. Such reports are easy to make-all they require is a phone call and police interview. They are also devastating. Yet accusers have little to fear, under current law, if they lie. If the stakes were higher, then those holding the "rape card" might see fit to fold.
The asymmetry between the accused and the accuser needs to be remedied- and the law needs to take false reports of rape seriously, just as it take rape itself seriously. Both can be life-destroying for the victim; both should be punished appropriately by our legal system.
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