Two Young Boys Charged With Forcing 7-Year-Old To Perform Oral Sex

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Last May the father of the 7-year-old boy caught his son in the bathroom trying to make his brother perform a sex act.

Later, the boy told police that a 9-year-old boy from his school forced him to do oral sex while on the school bus.

Although there are videotapes from the bus, there have not been any actual assaults showing on them, Howell Superintendent Chuck Breiner pointed out.

Police did report that one can make the assumption in the videotape that one boy forces another boy's head into his lap. And in a second incident it shows the 11-year-old boy trying to conceal what is going on.

"The father of the 11-year-old boy said his son witnessed the attacks and said his son was also a victim of a similar attack by the 9-year-old."

"I think we need to examine our supervisory protocol on buses. I think we need to examine our communication system inside,"

said Breiner.

The 9 and 11-year-old boys have been charged with first and second-degree criminal sexual conduct, and a charge of gross indecency between males. The prosecutors dropped charges against the 7-year-old boy for his attempted act with his brother.

The 7 and 9-year-old boys are still in school together, but are on separate buses now. The identities of the children cannot be released because of their age.

Letters to the parents went out from the principal of the school the day after Breiner released a press release to the media. This was almost four months after the alleged incidents took place. The principal claimed he just thought it was a "bullying act" and did not realize it was a sex act.

One concerned parent said

“Both my husband and I are not comfortable with theses children being still in the school. Specifically without the administrators, and support staff knowing whom they are, so they can keep watch and make sure nothing happens,”

First-degree criminal sexual conduct is a felony that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison for adults.