News 12 New Jersey, NJ.COM, and WNBC-4 Report on Sexual Assault in Hoboken High School During School Hours

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News12 NJ Reports that "On December 19, 2017 four male students are facing charges after a 17-year-old female student was allegedly raped at Hoboken High School, according to police."

They further explain, "Hoboken police say that a male student, age 18, was charged in the sexual assault of another student on Nov. 30. Three other teens are facing charges that they allegedly aided the 18 year old in the assault. Their names were not released because of their ages."

See Video from News 12 New Jersey: http://newjersey.news12.com/clip/13995293/police-4-face-charges-after-alleged-sex-assault-at-hoboken-hs

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Police say that the four teens forced the victim into a room. The incident was reportedly captured on the school’s surveillance video. Police say that the victim was then forced to perform a sexual act on one of the students. 

The incident was also allegedly recorded on one of the teen’s cellphones, according to police.

Authorities did not say if the assault happened during school hours.

The school's principal declined to comment on the investigation. 

According to NJ.COM who also picked up the developing story:

Four Hoboken High School students have been charged with forcing a female student to perform a sex act inside the school during school hours, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.....Hoboken schools Superintendent Christine Johnson did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Juan Melli, a spokesman for the administration of Mayor Dawn Zimmer, could not immediately comment on the incident. - Steve Strunsky, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

See News 12 Video Report: http://newjersey.news12.http://newjersey.news12.com/story/37104619/police-4-face-charges-after-alleged-rape-at-hoboken-high-school

See Story by New Jersey 101.5: CLICK HERE Who also report the following: 

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NBC 4 in New York not only is reporting the story but also made it the lead on their web page today: 

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WCBS TV has an exclusive interview with the victim and her mother: CLICK HERE

Hoboken Patch also is reporting on the Story: CLICK HERE

Not the First Time at the Hoboken High School  Building

18 months ago, in May of 2016 and at the same building, a 12 year old girl was fondled in a supposedly secured school elevator by a 16 year old student. NJ.COM reported at the time that the girl was "visibly shaken". 

Jersey Journal- May 25, 2016 (Front Page)

Similar to the recent sexual assault at Hoboken High School,  Superintendent of Schools Christine A. Johnson declined to comment further on the May 2016 incident. NJ.COM reported that then Hoboken Junior/Senior High School Principal Joseph Vespignani could not be reached for comment. 

According to NJ.COM- the seventh-grader's father said she's still not herself, and she she will not be returning to that school. "She is staying to herself more; she doesn't want to talk much. She just isn't who she was," said the father, whose name is not being used to protect the girl's identity. "She doesn't come into the living room and watch TV with us. She just goes straight to her room." The father said that at the beginning of the school year parents were told by a school official that the seventh- and eighth-graders "would be totally separated" from the older students. He said when he spoke to school officials on Friday, he was told they are 'semi-blocked off.' (Earlier in the school year) they said totally blocked off."

The father said his daughter told him that last week the boy kept popping up at her locker and other places. On Friday he asked to speak to her, and they took a walk and ended up on the elevator.

The father said the elevator is for students with medical issues, and a key is required to use it. He said school officials told him the boy did not have a medical condition, and they did not know how he got a key.

One father waiting to pick up his seventh-grade daughter at dismissal time today said the seventh- and eighth-graders are separated from the older students by security guards, but he worries about how effective that is and said the younger students should be somewhere else.

Jersey Journal- May 25, 2016

Hoboken Patch at the time also reported on the story offering a few more additional details as well as the Hoboken Reporter.