5 Teen Boys Face Over 200 Charges Including Abduction, Rape Of Teen Girls

In what the Erie County District Attorney John Flynn described as one of the largest cases his office has ever handled, five New York teenagers are facing over 200 charges including kidnapping and rape.

In total, the teens aged 13 to 19 years old face 205 charges related to two incidents last year.

The first incident involved Abdiwahab Sabtow and Brice Baker, both 19 and a 13-year-old who broke into a home and raped an 11-year-old girl while she was there alone on Sept. 26.

According to prosecutors, the teens fled when the girl’s mother got home, but not before stealing a cell phone.

In the second incident, on November 20, the same 13-year-old and a 14-year-old boy offered a ride to a 16-year-old girl, whom they knew. The teens then took the girl to Potomac Park where she was raped.

They then drove with the girl to pick up Baker and another 19-year-old. The group then took the girl to another location and raped her again. She was reportedly held in a garage for several hours before she escaped. A good Samaritan saw her walking and offered help before she was taken to Oishei Children’s Hospital.

Baker and Sabtow were charged as part of the indictment, as were the two minors. Police are still hunting for the 19-year-old suspect who has not been publicly identified.

Flynn said that the perpetrators will be held responsible, no matter their age.

"These five teenagers are accused of committing two of the most brazen and violent sexual assaults that have been prosecuted by my office’s Special Victims Unit, resulting in one of the highest count indictments that has been handed down by a Grand Jury in recent years in Erie County. I am shocked by the ages of these young men who are accused of raping these two children. I am committed to obtaining justice for these victims," Flynn said.

"There is nothing more I want to see than justice done to [for] the 11 and 16-year-old girls," Flynn said. "I don’t care how old the 13-and 14-year old suspects are, they need to spend as much time in jail as possible."

If convicted, the 19-year-olds will face life in prison and the juveniles may face up to 15 years behind bars.

Flynn said the teens are part of a "kiddie gang" that is infamous in the Buffalo area.