Illegal immigrants charged with statutory rapes at trailer park
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KSDK -- The Warren County Sheriff's Department is investigating two separate cases of statutory rape that occurred in the same trailer park.

The first case was initially reported in June of 2007 by the
mother of the juvenile female victim but there was not enough evidence to make an arrest until recently. The second case was reported on January 13th by the mother of a second juvenile female victim.

While investigating the second case, detectives learned the identity of the suspects in both cases. They are 24-year-old Jose Toledo-Perez and 23-year-old Benito Sanchez-Castro. Both are from Wright City.

Toledo-Perez is charged with first degree statutory rape and second degree statutory sodomy. Sanchez-Castro is charged with first degree statutory sodomy and first degree statutory sodomy.

Investigators said the two suspects were friends and the crimes in both cases occurred at the same residence in the Three Shamrocks Trailer Park in Wright City. Sheriff Kevin Johnson said the suspects became acquainted with the victims by hosting parties and supplying them with alcohol.

Investigators determined both men are living in the country illegally, and they have been reported to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement who have placed detainers on them.

Sheriff Harrison said that normally these crimes would result in deportation of the two out of the United States upon final disposition of the criminal cases pending against them.

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