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14-Year-Old Arrested For "Redneck Club" Initiation

POSTED: 6:37 am EDT April 8, 2004
UPDATED: 3:10 pm EDT April 8, 2004

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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- A 14-year-old is facing felony charges after investigators say a club initiation on two young brothers went too far. The attack happened in a rural part of Lake County, near Clermont.

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Detectives say the unthinkable happened in the woods, on a dirty, moldy mattress on top of a flatbed truck.

"If you want to be part of the Redneck Club, this is an act that had to be committed," explains Lt. Todd Luce, Lake County Sheriff's Office.

To 14-year-old Andrew Jones (photo below left), detectives say it was initiation into his so-called gang.

First, he and an 11-year-old friend are accused of locking a 12-year-old boy in a trailer. They then took his 7-year-old brother inside Jones' trailer and forced him to touch a hot stove, then a live electrical cord.

The brothers were then brought to a truck behind the home and forced to perform several sex acts on one another, each time while a switchblade was held to their throat.

Shielding her face with her door, Jones' mother admitted she was home at the time, but had no idea what went on.

A neighbor and friend couldn't believe it. "It doesn't sound like what he would do. That just doesn't sound right to me," comments Doug Walker.

Jones is now facing one count of false imprisonment, two counts of lewd or lascivious battery, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of battery and two counts of sexual battery.

The second boy, who's a suspect, has not been charged. That part of the case is now with the State Attorney's Office.

Detectives say, if there are any other victims, they should call the Lake County Sheriff's Office.


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