Chapel Hill Police Charge 5 Teens in 2 Rapes

Chapel Hill, N.C. — Five Chapel Hill teenagers face rape charges in connection with two incidents following the arrests of all five in one day.

Police said they had charged Mario Chanquez Neville, 17; Mark Anthony Holland, 17; Colton Oneil Sanders, 17; and Gregory Minton, 16, had each been charged with first-degree rape in connection with an incident that happened in September. Each was held on a $200,000 bond, police said.

The fifth person, Timothy Allen Smith, 17, was accused of second-degree rape in connection with a different incident, police said. He was being held on a $75,000 bond.

Police said all the arrests Friday stemmed from investigations that had taken place over several months.

Neville, of 512 Craig St., and Holland, of 2201 Homestead Road, turned themselves in at town police headquarters, officers said. They arrested Sanders at his home at 27 S. Circle Drive, they said. Minton, who lives at 1189 Martin Drive, was arrested on the street, they said.

Smith, of 3 Pinetree Lane, turned himself in to police, they said.

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Wow what a way to throw there lives away so young and stupid!

At Work
May 28, 2007 8:27 a.m.

Maybe they are protecting the victim/victims

amypsychrn
May 28, 2007 7:22 a.m.

The age of children being charged with adult crimes is not limited to 16. I recall a case of Andrey Green, a 13 year old charged as an adult with rape in Fuquay-Varina. He will be in prison until the age of 40 for this crime. Longer than most adults get for rape. Although I am glad they caught these boys, and I think they should be tried as adults. All of them. But no, the age is not above 16 when it comes to charging children as adults. It goes lower. If this changes in the future due to changes in the law, then Andrey Green should get a retrial and recieve the same charges as a child.