Four men were arraigned yesterday in connection with a September assault at an off-campus apartment, in which multiple men allegedly engaged in and videotaped sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl, police said.
Daath Nix, 20, Khaalig L. Walker, 23, and Penn State students Rudolph L. Bolling, 21, and Randy Bell, 19, are charged with criminal conspiracy, sexual abuse of children and corruption of minors. The sexual abuse charge was included because it is illegal to videotape a minor involved in a sexual act, Patton Township Police Chief John Petrick said. Other men were listed on police documents as "participants," and the search continues for the two remaining suspects, according to a Patton Township Police news release.
According to police documents the following occurred the early morning of Sept. 23. The victim said that she and a friend were at Sheetz, 1781 N. Atherton St., when several of the suspects pulled up in a car and asked them to hang out.
The two girls went with the men to a University Commons apartment, 201 Vairo Blvd., where one of the girls and one of the suspects entered a bedroom and began kissing. The victim said other men then entered the room and forced her to have videotaped intercourse.
The victim's friend then found her and the two left the apartment, the girl said. After issuing a search warrant, police were unsuccessful in securing a copy of the videotape. But in early October another man, who said he was not involved in the incident, was able to provide a copy of the videotape to police in order to disprove the rape allegations, according to the report. The delay in filing charges against the suspects was a result of the lengthy investigation, Petrick said. "More follow-up was needed," Petrick said of the time between when the assault was first reported and yesterday's arraignment.
Because Bolling and Bell are Penn State students, they might also be subject to the university's Judicial Affairs process.
