Four teenagers were arrested Sunday for holding a 13-year-old girl hostage inside a New Jersey hotel room, where they tried to sexually assault her at gunpoint, according to authorities.
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The young victim said the four teens tried to sexually assault her and told cops that they had guns, according to the prosecutor.
Officers recovered two handguns and hollow point bullets during a court-authorized search of the room and arrested the four teenagers, who all reside in Newark.
Two 15-year-old girls are facing charges of kidnapping, simple assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, conspiracy to kidnap, attempted sexual assault, possession of prohibited devices (hollow point bullets), and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. One of the girls was also hit with an aggravated assault charge.
Neither has been publicly named because they are minors and both are being charged as juveniles.
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The investigation is ongoing.
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