Horror as 12-year-old girl is allegedly raped in students dorm room at top California college

A student at Menlo College has been charged with the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl inside his campus dorm room.San Mateo County prosecutors accused Andres Manuel Aguilar, 19, of luring the underage girl to his dormitory room after the two met at a Menlo Park transit stop.Aguilar allegedly gave the victim his phone number during their initial encounter and subsequently persuaded her to meet him on May 5, according to authorities.Investigators noted that while the victim allegedly told the suspect she was 17, Aguilar admitted to law enforcement that he knew that she was still underage.Prosecutors said that the victim snuck out of her house after dark to meet Aguilar.The pair reportedly went to a Redwood City Safeway to buy rum and beer before heading to the campus in Atherton.

Dorm surveillance footage captured the pair entering Aguilar’s residence hall room, KRON4 reported.Inside the room, the suspect allegedly provided the girl with alcohol and vaped cannabis, prosecutors said.The victim’s mother, speaking anonymously to protect her child’s identity, detailed the agonizing night.“She waited until everybody was asleep and snuck out of the house,” the mother told KRON4.

“They ended up going to the college, where she as raped.”The suspect is accused of stripping off the victim’s pants while she repeatedly protested, authorities said.Out of a sudden fear of a potential pregnancy, Aguilar allegedly used DoorDash to order emergency Plan B contraception to the room, according to court documents.Aguilar, of San Jose, is currently being held without bail on multiple felonies, including aggravated sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual assault of a minor involving oral copulation, and providing marijuana to a minor under 14.San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe emphasized that the victim’s age changes the legal severity of the prosecution.“If a child is 13 and under, society treats that much more seriously,” Wagstaffe said in a...