2 Suspects Arraigned In Chinatown Rape, Robbery Case

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Two of the three teens charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Chinatown were arraigned Wednesday.

Eric Pek and Emanuel Burrows, both 16, were each ordered held on $100,000 bail, WCBS 880's Irene Cornell.

They are facing charges as adults for the rape and robbery of the 33-year-old victim.

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The trio met her at an Internet cafe on Eldridge Street early Tuesday morning, police said. The victim, who had been out drinking with friends earlier, was alone and intoxicated, authorities said.

The teenagers are accused of steering her to a nearby park and raping her when she was barely conscious, stealing her cellphone, credit cards, keys and ID and then going to her apartment building.

Security video shows the three suspects entering the building and then running out minutes later after they discovered someone else in the victim's apartment, police said.

The victim was taken to the hospital, where she was listed in stable condition Tuesday.

The investigation into the incident led police to a supervised home in Manhattan run by the Boys Town organization, where the three suspects all live, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.

Pek is charged with rape, robbery, assault, burglary, grand larceny and petit larceny, police said. Burrows is charged with rape, robbery, assault, burglary, grand larceny and attempted petit larceny, police said.

The third suspect, Sanat Asliev, 16, is charged with attempted rape, assault and attempted burglary, police said.

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