A female high school student was sexually assaulted by a security officer at Vance High School in late February. The question is... why wasn't an official police report made for 10 days?WSOC-TV reports:
The girl told school officials that a security officer, hired to patrol the hallways, had assaulted her in one of the buildings, fondling her breasts and exposing himself to her. The student said the assault happened on Feb. 27 at Vance High School, but the victim didn't report the incident until March 3, a week later. School officials and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police learned about the assault that day and began an investigation, but didn't file an official report until March 13.
"A report was not filed until yesterday, so we've initiated an internal investigation to find out why a report was not filed until that time," said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Dave Stephens.
As a result of the delay, Stephens said they hadn't assigned the case to a rape investigator until Tuesday. Meanwhile, the school suspended the security officer with pay on March 3, the same day they learned about the allegations. But it all happened very quietly.