Alleged Ramapo rape victim says she picked lock to save sister
Photo credit: Leslie Barbaro | One of four Chestnut Ridge Middle School students accused of raping two young Ramapo girls leaves Rockland County Family Court Tuesday in New City after a hearing to determine whether to toss out statements the boys made to police after the alleged incident. (July 10, 2012)
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The 13-year-old victim in the Ramapo rape case took the witness stand Tuesday and recalled her dramatic bid to save her sister from four youthful attackers by picking the lock on a bedroom door with a knife.
"I heard (her sister) screaming get off of me," the girl testified. "I banged on the door and I tried pushing it open."
She had her younger sister retrieve a thin-bladed knife from...
