DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Prosecutors in the San Pedro de Macorís judicial district have filed a request for preventive custody against public school teacher Fernando Altagracia Peña Eusebio, who is accused of raping a 13-year-old female student.

The request was filed in the Permanent Attention Services Court of San Pedro de Macorís, with the hearing scheduled for next Monday, 25 November 2024 at 9am.

The accused was arrested during an investigation conducted by the Unit for Comprehensive Attention to Gender Violence, Intrafamily Violence, and Sexual Offenses of the San Pedro de Macorís judicial district for the crime committed against the victim.

Another teacher is also accused of raping the same adolescent, yet remains at large.

Teacher Peña Eusebio is accused of violating articles 330 and 331 of the Dominican Penal Code, and article 396, letters A, B, C, of the Law for the Protection...