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Tuesday, July 6, 2010 | 7 p.m.
Kalunga Kanyela
Sun archives
A preliminary hearing has been set for a 37-year-old African refugee accused of sexually assaulting three young female relatives.
Kalunga Kanyela appeared in Las Vegas Justice Court on Tuesday morning for an arraignment. He is charged with three counts of sexual assault, four counts of lewdness with a victim under 14 and one count of open and gross lewdness.
His preliminary hearing was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 23.
Metro Police arrested Kanyela on June 12 after his wife asked a friend to report that her husband had been sexually assaulting one of the girls, officials said.
His wife told officers she walked into the living room of their house near Maryland Parkway and Twain Avenue on June 11 and saw her husband push the girl off him, officials said.
According to the arrest report, the girl told her mother that Kanyela had touched her genitals prior to her walking into the room. She also alleged Kanyela had forced her to have sex with him on another occasion, police said.
Investigators said Kanyela at first denied touching the three girls then said he touched the 10-year-old on her stomach and chest. He told officers he didn’t know it was wrong in the United States because it is allowed in Africa, police said.
The girl was taken to Sunrise Hospital, where police officers and Swahili interpreters made contact with the family, who are refugees from the Congo region of Africa, officials said. They have lived in the U.S. since November 2009.
Police also interviewed the other two alleged victims. A 15-year-old girl told police Kanyela had sexually assaulted her numerous times in Africa and that he had touched her breasts earlier in the day, then she pushed his hands away, police said.
Hospital officials also reported that a 6-year-old had been a victim of sexual abuse.
Kanyela is being held in the Clark County Detention Center. His bail is set at $75,000.
sweet home, arizona...lord i'm comin' home to you.
Givem time then send him home upon release from jail no probation.
When you come from a country/area that has little value for human life, the act of committing a horrific act against another human being is irrelevant. Get him on a plane back home, and have fun dealing with what awaits you.
P.I.G.
We should bring back the electric chair for scum like this.
The liberal commentators will probably say this is just a 'cultural misunderstanding'.
Put him on trial. IF convicted, send him to jail, and then remove him from the US once his time has been served.
Yep, as an African myself, I say what a disgusting little turd he is; send him home after giving him a dose of real justice, and let me know: I'll be waiting for him. Where does he get off saying it is allowed in Africa? What utter rubbish! Get rid of the S.O.B
Yeah, one of the "best and brightest" immigrants that Harry Reid and Barack Obama blather on about.
Allowed in Africa? Please! Sounds like the wife isn't any better either asking a friend to report him. SICK SICK SICK! Those poor kids!
Re:RHG your surely not "bright" when you associate everything with Obama and Reid. Your life must be boring when you blather asinine comments!
RHG...so it's Harry Reid and Barack Obama's fault...what about personal accountability..it's no different from some whacko american committing this crime which unfortunately happens all the time..get real
Absolutely discusting...highly doubt any of this is allowed in Africa. He needs to spens time in jail were he'll be taught a very good lesson on sexual assault with a minor and then send him back to Africa. There's NO room here for him in the United States.