fourth
teen was
charged in
the rape
of a 12-
year-old
Chicago
girl that
was
eventually posted on Facebook by her attackers in
May.
Dyquier Garrett, 16, was charged Friday with
aggravated criminal sexual assault and ordered
held on $500,000 bail.
Neither prosecutors nor The Cook County State's
Attorney's office said what led to Garrett's arrest.
Three other teens, Scandale Fritz and Justin
Applewhite, both 16, and Kenneth Brown, 15, were
arrested for the rape in May.
The three are being held on $900,000 bail each.
The assault happened in December of 2012 at
Fritz's home in the city's Englewood neighborhood.
Authorities said the girl had gone to Fritz's home to
talk to him when she was forced into the basement
by Brown, who had a gun.
Prosecutors said the boys raped the girl and filmed
the attack. Prosecutors say Brown is seen in the
video holding a gun as the boys shout gang
slogans.
According to Fox, Fritz was initially ID'd after he
briefly turned the camera on himself.
Footage of the attack was posted on the boys'
Facebook pages just two days later -- part of what
appears to be a troubling and growing trend of
posting sexual assaults to social media.
Fritz later provided a handwritten admission to the
crime. The three initially charged are due back in
court Dec. 11.
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