Sexual Assault Alleged in Torture of Former Romeoville Student

By Tim Moran (Patch Staff)

A grand jury’s 32-count indictment of six people accused of kidnapping and torturing two Chicago-area college students attending the University of Rochester in New York includes allegations of sexual assault and “extreme torture.”

Lydell Strickland, 26, Rochester, N.Y., Samantha Hughes, 19, Pittsford, N.Y., Dennis Perez, 23, Rochester, Leah Gigliotti, 20, Inalia Rolldan, 19, Rochester and Ruth Lora, 19, Rochester all originally faced charges of either first or second degree kidnapping when they were arrested last month after SWAT teams rescued the two victims - one from Northbrook and the other, a former Romeoville student from Aurora - from a house near the University. Now, according to the Chicago Tribune, varying accounts of assault, gang assault, sexual assault and weapons charges have been added.

The two men, both seniors at the college, endured a 40-hour ordeal that included one of them being shot before SWAT teams were able to save them.

One of the students played football at Romeoville High School and earned two varsity letters playing running back.

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