Wheaton Men Charged With Raping 12-Year-Old Girl

WHEATON, MD — A pair of Wheaton men are charged with kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old girl, authorities say.

Montgomery County Police have arrested Enrique Carbajal, 24, and Victor Tome, 19, both of the 11500 block of Elkin Street in Wheaton.

Carbajal is also being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and the Alexandria Police Department in Virginia for assaulting the girl in their jurisdictions.

Investigators say Carbajal, who is known to the victim’s family, contacted the girl on March 26 without her parent’s permission at an address in Northeast Washington, D.C.

Carbajal reportedly drove the girl to the Wheaton residence he shares with Tome, where she was sexually assaulted by both suspects, police said.

The D.C. police department has charged Carbajal with first-degree child sexual abuse for attacking the girl in Washington, and Alexandria, VA, police believe the girl was also assaulted there, reports WTOP.

On Tuesday, detectives obtained arrest warrants for Carbajal and Tome, charging them with one count each of first-degree rape, second-degree rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and second-degree assault. The pair were arrested Wednesday at their home.

Carbajal and Tome were both ordered to be held on a $500,000 bond.

»Photos of Victor Tome, left, and Enrique Carbajal, courtesy of Montgomery County Police