Rare Rape in Zion

Tribune:

Zion residents expressed shock and fear Thursday as police investigated the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl who said seven teenagers attacked her last week in the basement laundry room of an apartment complex.

"It's a very scary thing," said Richard Brumsey, 45, who lives in the complex with his two young daughters. "I don't even want to think about something like that happening to one of my girls."

Police publicly released details for the first time Thursday as word about the case spread among neighbors, some of whom questioned why officials did not disclose the allegations earlier, especially because the apartments are across the street from an elementary school.

They allegedly grabbed her cell phone outside the library and she went after them to get it back.