Man charged with raping 12-year-old girl


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YAKIMA, Wash. -- A Toppenish man accused of raping a 12-year-old neighbor girl he accosted on her way to summer school was arraigned Thursday in Yakima County Superior Court.

Jose Jesus Velazquez-Palomino, a 23-year-old farm worker, is charged with second-degree rape of a child and unlawful imprisonment.

Authorities allege Velazquez accosted the girl moments after she left home for summer school July 7.

The girl told police Velazquez forced her into his home, where he sexually assaulted her. She escaped to the Safehaven Community Center while he was taking a shower afterward.

The case also ensnared Velazquez's four roommates, who were arrested after police investigating the assault call discovered 26 marijuana plants on the property.

Velazquez remains lodged in the Yakima County Jail on a no-bail immigration hold, as do his roommates.



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