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"Three of the six juvenile boys accused of taking part in two sexual assault cases involving juvenile girls with special needs are behind bars in the Washington Parish Jail.Lacecia Brown's son just turned 15. He is in the parish jail on an aggravated rape charge.\"At the end of the day, they are kids, you know what I'm saying? They don\u2019t have any business being around grownups and having to face this,\" Brown said.\"We've housed these three young men since Oct. 23, and we are housing them under order from the 22nd Judicial District Court,\" said Washington County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Mike Haley.Authorities said two girls, 13 and 11 years old, both with special needs, were sexually assaulted in separate incidents and locations in Bogalusa in September. Detectives said six boys are involved, three of whom were common to both incidents.\"It's just kind of a heartbreaking situation, you know, for the parents of these boys and certainly the parents of these victims, but yes, some of the suspected in both cases are the same,\" said Bogalusa Police Chief Joe Culpepper.The District Attorney's Office is evaluating cases stemming from the incidents. Officials said they will likely go to a grand jury.The three other juvenile boys are in the Florida Parish Detention Center. Officials said as long as the aggravated rape charge remains in place, the first three boys will remain in the Washington Parish Jail.\"We are treating them basically like we would any other inmate, except for the fact (that) we're doing everything we can to protect them,\" Haley said.Latoya Porter, who workers with Walk With Me community center, said the boys don\u2019t need to be with the general population inside the parish jail.\"They're doing fine. They're kids. They don't need to be here. They should be where the other juveniles are, but I think considering the circumstances, they are in pretty good shape,\" Porter said.Authorities said the boys can be tried as adults because of the age of the victims, their special needs status and that more than one perpetrator was involved.Brown said her son has issues, too.\"He has mental health issues. He has it. He's been like that ever since he was in the school system,\" Brown said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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