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Police Arrest Two Teens for Making Death Threats Over Steubenville Rape Case… Against the 16-Year-Old Victim

Mar. 19, 2013 12:03am Jason Howerton

Two Teens Charged With Making Threats Against Rape Victim in Steubenville Case

Trent Mays, 17, left, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma’lik Richmond sit in court before the start of the third day of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. Credit: AP

Police have arrested two female teenagers for allegedly making death threats against the 16-year-old rape victim at the center of the Steubenville rape case, WTOV-TV reports.

The teens arrested are aged 15 and 16-years old, and one of the offenders is reportedly a relative of one of the convicted rapists in the case.

The 16-year-old girl is charged with aggravated menacing after using Twitter to make a death threat against the victim in the case, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. The 15-year-old is charged with one count of menacing for making a threat on Facebook.

“Let me be clear,” DeWine said on Monday in a statement. “Threatening a teenage rape victim will not be tolerated. If anyone makes a threat verbally or via the Internet, we will take it seriously, we will find you, and we will arrest you.”

Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla told WTRF-TV that one of the teens turned herself in and the other was arrested by officers.

The girls are being held in the Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center and will appear before a judge on Tuesday.

The charges were issued just a day after Steubenville High School football players were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party when she was extremely intoxicated in juvenile court.

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tradcatholicgirl
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:17am
No one deserves to be raped!

Why was she, at 16, allowed at a private party with no adult supervision?
Why were ANY of them there?

In our culture, parents are so afraid that their kids are going to “miss the high school experience.”
They rush to make sure their kids get a new car, a new phone and that they are “popular” enough to get invited to such a party. As if somehow the lack of these things might scar their kids.

Modern American culture is something I want my kids to know about, but not to be immersed in. If somehow that makes my Christian homeschooled kids “outsiders” looking in…….praise GOD!

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- Alternative_Thought
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:32am
  Couldn’t have said it better myself, maybe some scripture might do better!
  
  Romans 16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all [men]. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
  
  Revelations 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
  
  1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  
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- CannedHeat
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 8:01am
  Matthew 13:38..
  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one;]
  13:39… The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
  
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- STREBOR
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:01pm
  Should have been taught by NUNS! Those ladies demand respect and honor…………..
  
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rjtaurus605
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:08am
If some one walks down the street naked, they should be charged with being indecent in public, this does not give permission to morons to rape, If a child makes a bad decision to drink/use drugs at a party, it does not mean that losers can rape her. Blaming the victim is the excuse of the weak minded. It does not matter if the girl drank a bottle of vodka or was drugged, she was raped. However, it does matter if she was drugged when prosecuting the attackers, it shows premeditation.

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- Rickfromillinois
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:08am
  The girl should be criticized for making some very poor decisions. The boys should be punished for committing some serious crimes. The girls in this article should also be sent to jail for a time for their crimes. Many people, not just teenagers, seem to have a difficult time understanding that actions have consequences.
  
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Gladileftcalifornia
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:02am
Real bright kids in Stupidville, OH.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 8:06am
  I’m afraid that it’s not limited to Steubenville…or Ohio for that matter.
  
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Melchizedek
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:53am
Paper
sounds like hs is just waiting for a chance to rape a young girl then blame it on her….then will claim it was her fault for being drunk….people like that should be cut into little pieces and fed to sharks.

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Aldo
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:50am
Just another couple of our fine, upstanding high school athletes.
Sports really does teach our children.

These punks deserve the death penalty.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:49am
  I am not supposed to call out others as fools so I won’t.
  
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- tradcatholicgirl
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 8:05am
  The boys who drugged and took advantage of that girl deserve a serious legal consequence!
  
  But let’s face it, who raised them with a lack of basic ethics, and who let them go to a private place to “party” without an adult somewhere nearby?
  
  The parents should face a public “outing” with THEIR faces and names all over the internet, instead of their children’s.
  
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ADNIL
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:45am
Did my share of dumb things as a kid. Paid the consequences, too. It’s called the school of hard knocks. That is why kids need their parents, and other concerned adults, to guide them around the really dumb things that come with lasting consequences.

These young people were engaging in adult activities like sex and alcohol, and so should pay the adult consequences for their screwup. The young woman already got hers. The young men need a lot more.

Where the h e l l were their parents? Their parents failed them, so did the coach, so did the owner of the house where the party was, so did the adult who bought the booze, so did the town who glorified these “athletes”.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:32am
  The young woman already got hers? Her adult consequences served her rape? Really?
  
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- ADNIL
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:09pm
  Yes, she most definitely did. I am not saying it was deserved, it is just what happened. Bad things can happen when you make poor decisions. This was a poor decision. She learned a hard life lesson in a terrible manner at a tender age. I could have been much worse. Her biggest mistake was to drink with these guys. She is only 16! They possilbly slipped her a date-rape drug. She could have aspirated on her own vomit, which usually results in death, and died while these morons were abusing her, not realizing they had a medical emergency on their hands. After this incident, I would think this young woman may never have a normal and fully trustful relationship with a man as long as she lives after this. That is a life sentence.
  
  As for the young men…….they would not print what I think should be done to them for their lapse in “moral judgement”. And their “friends” who were entertained but did nothing to stop it. How many phones? And no one would make a call? Just as guilty as far as I am concerned. And the owners of the house who allowed this unsupervised party, And anyone who procured the alcohol for them, And the coach who was not building moral character in these boys, And their parents who neglected to teach them to have respect for themselves and for others, And the people of the town who were sooooo proud of their team as to want this to just “go away”.
  
  Yeah, I’d say the victim already got hers, and much worse than any of the others, so far. Been there.
  
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- Elena2010
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:14pm
  Rape is NOT sexual conduct. Rape is the intentional destruction of another human being.
  
  We’ve got to change how we look at rape as just another sex crime. It most certainly is NOT a sex crime. It is a violent assault in which sex is used as the weapon.
  
  Most rapists do begin their serial assault upon women when they are roughly 16 yrs old. Most rapists have attacked roughly 10 women before they are caught the first time.
  
  Rapists get “cured” only when they begin to see other human beings as equal and as deserving as they see themselves.
  
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- TheCalmOne
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 5:38pm
  ADNIL you revolting POS – being gang raped is not an acceptable consequence for getting drunk.
  
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steve page
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:44am
Really,THE RACE CARD!!! Why is it if you break the law and your black ,you guys always bring the RACE CARD??One of these cowards is WHITE!!Do I bring up the race card on that?HELL NO!!! It does not matter your race! If you rape and drug someone, I don’t care what race you are.If I were the father of that girl I would make it my main goal to wipe you off the map….Please STOP using the RACE CARD!If guilty they both deserve THE MAX THAT CAN BE GIVING !!!!!!!!!!!!!
RETIRED USMC VIET NAM SNIPER

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ladysaule
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:44am
No one deserves to be raped. Period. It doesn’t matter when , where, or why. Unfortunately for these young people, they have seen television programs and movies where this kind of behavior is presented as acceptable. Too many sports idols have been involved in this kind of behavior and gotten off. My question is where were the mothers to demand better behavior from their sons and daughters. And where were the fathers who should have been teaching their sons that real men do not rape. Until mothers and fathers start demanding better behavior from their children and the children’s idols this kind of behavior will continue. Maybe this is a wake up call for parents. Think about it Mom and Dad, your own child could be the next one to have their lives ruined because of rape.

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matt_c
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:35am
By blaming the victim you excuse the act of these boys as though a man has no obligation to exercise any sort of self-control. If so, I guess the feminists are right about us. We really are just sex-crazed brutes willing to whip it out at the first sign of a woman’s vulnerability. By blaming her and essentially defending these guys what you’re really doing is reserving your “right” to have sex with any inebriated woman you happen to come across. You hope that, when you get your chance, it’ll be A-OK and only she will face any negative consequences.

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Melika
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:21am
Alert! Alert! Rapist! He’s just identified himself as an opportunistic rapist. He doesn’t even have the balls to assault someone when they are sober, he has to rape someone when they can’t even resist him.

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scrapadapolis
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:55am
Were the jury of their peers?Like say 16 and 18 year old people.If Adults were on the jury Thats an unfair trial.

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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 5:51am
  Hey Scrapadpaolis,
  
  Get back on your meds!
  
  I’ll just bet that you’re on the sidelines cheering for the introduction of Sharia Law here when women are usually “blamed” for being raped or assaulted.
  
  Those boys had the misfortune of learning “unaccountability” during their years in the “gubbamint” schools. Their friends are exhibiting the same learned behaviors.
  
  Too bad that there wasn’t at least one civilized teen at the party who would have interceded and stopped the rape. Personally, I would have had no problem at all if the father of the victim would have administered some Old West-style justice utilizing his friends Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson.
  
  “Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”
  
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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:00am
  @SCRAPADAPOLIS
  Taking your logic (or lack of it) to its obvious conclusion, to be tried by his peers, a 36 year old transgender accused of murder should be tried by a jury composed only of 36 year old transgenders who have also been accused of murder.
  
  It’s time to put away that bong.
  
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- P4cooler
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:17am
  It is strange… where are all the bruises on her body? Does she have internal wounds? I know cases in the adult arena where perpetrators of same get zero jail time. Jury/judge looks part lynch mob.
  
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- katiemac27
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 8:20am
  No jury, just a visiting judge. All people involved were sent from the Sate of Ohio – locals were recused.
  
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Sm0kebender
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:51am
Shame on you people saying she deserved it in some way.
First of all, she wasn’t even drunk. She had been drugged. Witness saw her just fine one moment, not even buzzed, and the next she was being dragged around unconscious.
SHE WAS RAPED WHILE UNCONSCIOUS. SHE HAD NO SAY IN THE MATTER. NONE. WHATSOEVER.
Somehow this is her fault?! God DAMN people make me angry.

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Sm0kebender
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:46am
You are a worthless human being. Completely worthless.
No matter how much alcohol someone has in their system, THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO BE RAPED.
If a girl decides to streak naked or some ****, THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO BE RAPED.
NOBODY
DESERVES
TO
BE
RAPED.
NOBODY
ASKS
TO
GET
RAPED
WHY IS THIS SUCH A HARD CONCEPT TO UNDERSTAND
This girl was not black-out drunk. Witness remember seeing her just fine, not even buzzed, and moments later she was being dragged around unconscious. THIS GIRL WAS DRUGGED AND HAD NO SAY IN THE MATTER OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO BLAME THIS ON HER AND SAY IT’S HER FAULT! SHAME ON YOU. THE DEEPEST SHAME ON YOU.
THIS GIRL WAS DRUGGED AND FORCIBLY RAPED WHILE UNCONSCIOUS, WHILE THE RAPISTS TOOK PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THE ACT.
Guess who happened to find those pictures? The girl’s parents. Imagine finding something like that about your kid! IMAGINE HAVING TO SEE YOUR UNCONSCIOUS DAUGHTER RAPED.
The parents were smart enough to put the pictures/videos on a flash drive for evidence, but really… I can’t even imagine how awful that experience must have been for them.
Shame on you, you uncaring, worthless, ignorant, pathetic excuse for a human being.

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- paperpushermj
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:59am
  @smokebender
  Suggest you reread what I wrote. How you could misconstrue my observation that we all are responsible for our own safety into my condoning, no justifying no less the assault on another human being is beyond reading comprehension.
  It seems you took what I wrote and ran with it in a totally different direction from its intent. There I said that without YELLING or personal attack.
  
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paperpushermj
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 2:46am
@ Wdawg
Walking down the street naked you say? Why should Women be absolved from the consequences of their decisions? If you or I entered a dark ally at 2;30 in the morning as a shortcut to our car in a rough part of town, are we not responsible for our stupid decisions?If your answer is yes why is this young girl absolved from her decision to lose control of herself by consuming half a bottle of Vodka in a house full of young men. Are we all not responsible for our own safety?
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- Terwilleger
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 8:05am
  No one deserves that!!!!
  
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Wdawg
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 2:18am
It doesn’t matter if a woman was walking naked down the street. You don’t rape people! Get that through your think skull!!!!

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Acena
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:39am
Part of this you can thank CNN for. Their media readers went on a pity party for those 2 rapists .They all but blamed victim.

Now we can see why many rape victims don’t report the crime.
Yes the girl was irresponsible and used poor judgment but is that a reason to be raped ? Does every 16 year old who gets blackout drunk ,or attends a party deserve to be forced to have sex with 2 men ?

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- Rowgue
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 2:30am
  She was probably drugged. All the witnesses that testified said she hadn’t been drinking anywhere near enough to be drunk to the point of passing out. They all testified that they remembered her being completely fine one minute not even seeming buzzed let alone blackout drunk and then seeing her being carried around unconscious the next time they turned around.
  
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- marine249
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:00am
  Your right about CNN
  one of the teens is black
  need I say more.
  
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- marine249
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:05am
  Want to bet that the two female teenagers allegedly making
  death threats are aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa black?
  
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- Melika
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:10am
  Marine, you’re not allowed to say that. tsk. tsk.
  
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- TIME_THE_AVENGER
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:10am
  Ooh, you wascawwy wascist you… ;)
  
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marine249
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:25am
female or male dumb is as domb do

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- steve page
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:06am
  Really,THE RACE CARD!!! Why is it if you break the law and your black ,you guys always bring the RACE CARD?? It does not matter your race! If you rape and drug someone, I don’t care what race you are.If I were the father of that girl I would make it my main goal to wipe you off the map….Please STOP using the RACE CARD!If guilty they both deserve THE MAX THAT CAN BE GIVING !!!!!!!!!!!!!
  RETIRED USMC VIET NAM SNIPER
  
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KickinBack
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:17am
Future Hillary voters right there (yeah, you know she’s gonna run). The criminals are the victims. God help the USA.

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RIDEMODELS
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:10am
Girls take trips to Gay bars every weekend and get drugged and raped…..Does not mean its cool…If a woman does not want to get raped then she should pack a gun…plain and simple….With a firearm comes responsibility….Plain and simple.

This is why we are different from any other country….We are responsible with firearms, if not then you go to jail.

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DEFCON4
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:59am
“So, Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dumb”, hatred on ‘Farcebook’, is not so fun…..

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TJexcite
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:58am
This is how gang wars happen. Rape someone then a family member kills the victim for some reason of honor. Then the rape victims family kills the rapist and so on for generations. Good thing America is not run by gangs yet. But troll Twitter and you will find hundreds if not thousands more death threats on everyone involved.

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- runyon847
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 2:32am
  Of course America is run by a gang. Their hood ornament is in The White House.,
  
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high school drop out
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:41am
I hate to see young people taken on the “Mr Toads wild ride ‘ we call our justice system but, I think in this case a clear message is being sent “You cannot hide behind the internet’..I think that lesson is long overdue!

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:13am
  They were all acting like Thug Rappers in the videos….Who would have thunk….
  
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GADSDENFOREVER
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:40am
That smells of “if that were me I would have never said a word.”

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DZ-015
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:24am
It would have been nice to know what the Facebook comment said.

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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:57am
  I would also like to know why the 16 yr old was drunk in juvenile court.
  
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mrs.khuhnt
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:20am
Why those girls are just trash, as are those jocks. Dumber than Forest Gump, as are most jocks.

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- Xanderson
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:05am
  Welcome to The Blaze, Mrs. K. Your name is curious and your post seems to carry a sarcastic/disingenuous tone. All within your first post here. Trying to make conservatives look heartless, I’d guess. Well, in any case, good night, Mrs. K.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:12am
  Yeah a dumb black jock……Unlike a smart black man like say Herman Cain..999…or Allen West….my hero’s and I would buy those uncle Toms a brew anytime…..
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:30am
  @ Mrs K
  
  You, with your unsavoury choice of moniker, seem to have arrived here with invidious intentions…
  
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