Teen gets 30 months for
attempted rape of child
A D.C. teenager was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for an attempted sexual assault of a 9-year-old.
Prosecutors said Marquette Jenkins, now 18, was 17 years old and staying with the girl’s family for a few days when he pulled the victim into the woods. Despite the girl’s screams, Jenkins pulled down her undergarments and tried to rape her, prosecutors said.
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