October 7, 2005, WKMG television
IMMOKALEE, Fla. -- Fourteen field
laborers broke into an 18-year-old woman's home, dragged her across the street
and then took turns raping her, investigators said.
The Collier County Sheriff's Office
said the men, ranging in age from 18 to 56, dragged the woman from her home to
another across the street early Saturday. She told deputies they choked her and
hit her until she lost consciousness.
She said that when she awoke, one of
the men was pouring alcohol in her mouth. The men then pulled off her pants and
each one raped her, she said.
When they finished, the men pushed her
out of the front door, the report said. She said she walked over to her
landlord's house and called police. Deputies subsequently rounded up 14 men who
were at the house.
Although the woman could not say for
sure what role each suspect played in the attack, she was positive all 14
participated in the sexual battery.
"She couldn't pick out exactly who did
what, but she could verbalize bits about what happened," sheriff's spokeswoman
Kristin Adams said. "Her quick thinking made it possible for us to make the
arrests."
Each man was charged with kidnapping,
false imprisonment and sexual battery by multiple perpetrators. All were in jail
without bond Tuesday and could face up to life in prison if convicted. Twelve of
the men are from Guatemala, one from Puerto Rico and the other from Mexico.
Immokalee is in northeast Collier
County between Naples and Fort Myers, and 115 miles northwest of
Miami.
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with political correctness, no mention is made that any 14 farm laborers are
illegal aliens.