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3 Teens Accused of Sexually Assaulting Girl in Restroom

Three teens have been charged with aggravated sexual assault after they were accused of raping a mentally disabled classmate in a restroom at their school.

Charged in the October assault are 19-year-old Sylvanus Lanier, Marco Garcia and Elijah Willis — both of whom are aged 17.

The Dallas Morning News reports police allege the teens alternated as lookouts outside a Cedar Hill High School restroom Oct. 19 while each sexually assaulted the 16-year-old girl, who reported the assault four days later. The suspects were arrested last week.

Lanier and Willis remain in Dallas County jail, while Garcia is free on $100,000 bond.

"The district investigated the matter and handled disciplinary action as per our Code of Conduct and the law," said Cedar Hill ISD spokesperson Jamie Brown told the Dallas Morning News.

An Associated Press investigation earlier this year found at least 17,000 reports of sexual assaults by students over a recent four-year period in U.S. elementary and secondary schools.

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