Two male teens have been arrested for allegedly holding a fellow student against her will and assaulting her in their high school, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Surveillance video shows the students forcing the 16-year-old girl inside an empty room during school hours Wednesday at Charles Drew High School in Riverdale, Clayton County Sheriff's Office investigators said.
It is alleged that the girl was not allowed to leave the room and was forced to perform an indecent act on one of the assailants, a 16-year-old boy, while another male, 17-year-old Farley Mertune, acted as a lookout, Investigator Vivian Harris told Channel 2.
The 16-year-old suspect's name was not released because he is a juvenile. He is charged with aggravated sodomy and false imprisonment, authorities said.
Mertune appeared before a Clayton County Magistrate Judge on Thursday and is being held without bond. He is charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes and false imprisonment.
The youth also faces a drug possession charge after marijuana allegedly was found in his socks when authorities patted him down, Channel 2 reported.
The male students have been suspended, and school official Doug Hendrix told Channel 2 that the room they were in should have been locked.
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