By BRIDGET TURCOTTE
LYNN — Two minors who were arrested for rape this week are due back in court on Dec. 12.
A 13-year-old boy was taken into custody at Fecteau-Leary Junior/Senior High School on Wednesday afternoon and a 12-year-old boy was arrested Thursday at about 11:30 a.m. at Breed Middle School, said Lynn Police Lt. Rick Donnelly.
Each boy has been arraigned in Lowell Juvenile Court and charged with one count of aggravated forcible rape of a child, according to Meghan Kelly, spokeswoman for Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office.
“The events that resulted in arrests did not happen on school property or at a school-sponsored event,” said Dr. Catherine Latham, superintendent of Lynn Public Schools. “There is an ongoing active police investigation in process about which I am unable to comment.”
Parents were not notified of the arrests because it would complicate the investigation, Latham said.
Kelly said she could not disclose where or when the incident occurred because it is a juvenile case.
“In cases involving minors charged as a delinquent and involving allegations of rape or sexual assault, this office as well as police departments would be restricted from releasing information pertaining to the case and must withhold such information,” she wrote in an email.
But Lynn police made the arrests as a courtesy to the North Reading Police Department, where the charges came from, Donnelly said.
The prosecutor assigned to this case is Assistant District Attorney Rachel Perlman.
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