{"id":5684,"date":"2026-10-06T22:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/2-men-charged-in-washington-county-teen-assault\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T22:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:43:05","slug":"2-men-charged-in-washington-county-teen-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/2-men-charged-in-washington-county-teen-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Men Charged in Washington County Teen Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FLx7W8PH5s6A%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Washington County men charged in kidnapping and rape of teenage girl\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lx7W8PH5s6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> WASHINGTON COUNTY, MO \u2013 October 6, 2026 (STL.News) Two men face felony charges in Washington County after authorities allege a juvenile girl was grabbed while walking, forced into a house, and sexually assaulted. Oscar Baltodano Lopez and Benjamin Santez Lopez are each charged with first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy, according to court records cited by First Alert 4. Baltodano Lopez also faces charges of rape, first-degree kidnapping, resisting arrest, and possession of a controlled substance. The charges are allegations. Both defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court. Girl allegedly pulled into house According<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/2-men-charged-in-washington-county-teen-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON COUNTY, MO \u2013 October 6, 2026 (STL.News) Two men face felony charges in Washington County after authorities allege a juvenile girl was grabbed while walking, forced into a house, and sexually assaulted. Oscar Baltodano Lopez and Benjamin Santez Lopez&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5686,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions\/5686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}