Boy, 13, charged in rape of girl, 8

An investigation into the rape of an 8-year-old Harrington girl last month has led to the arrest of a 13-year-old boy, town police said Friday.

The incident occurred Aug. 23 when Harrington police were contacted by the state Division of Family Services about a sexual assault that occurred at a home in the 200 block of Delaware Ave., said Lt. Earl Brode.

Detectives along with social workers with the Child Advocacy Center talked to the 8-year-old victim and learned that she had been raped by the teen on one occasion.

Following an investigation, detectives obtained a warrant for the teen's arrest and he surrendered to police with a guardian, Brode said.

The teen was committed to to Stevenson House Juvenile Detention Center in Milford on one count of second-degree rape. He is being held in lieu of $5,000 secured bail, Brode said.

Contact Terri Sanginiti at (302) 324-2771 or tsanginiti@delawareonline.com.