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N.O. Teens Charged In Abduction, Rape Plead Not Guilty
Thursday, March 7, 2013    
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Bond for each has been set at $5.5 million

Three teenagers accused of abducting, robbing and raping a New Orleans woman at gunpoint last month have pleaded not guilty to each of the six felony counts against them.
 
State District Judge Franz Zibilich read indictments against the teens ages, 15, 16 and 18, during Wednesday's arraignment. Each entered a plea of not guilty to four counts of aggravated rape and one count each of aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery. Bond for each was set at $5.5 million.

The teens, who are being tried as adults, allegedly forced a 30-year-old woman into a car at gunpoint on Feb. 4. They are accused of driving her around for an hour, beating and raping her and forcing her to withdraw cash from various ATMs.

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