Officers have arrested two students on charges of what authorities are calling a Spring Break gang rape on a crowded beach in broad daylight, according to the Bay County Sheriffs Office. And officials expect more arrests in connection with the incident to follow.
During a press conference Friday, BCSO officials announced the arrests of Delonte Martistee, 22, and Ryan Austin Calhoun, 23, both students of Troy University in Alabama, on charges in connection with a sexual battery by multiple perpetrators that occurred between March 10-12.
The initial incident went unreported, though it occurred in the presence of hundreds of witnesses on a crowded beach in broad daylight, leaving officials concerned with how much crime has gone unreported or ignored by visitors during Spring Break...
The video was obtained by Troy Police during an investigation into a shooting in the college town, officials said. Officers discovered the video while searching the phone of a witness to the shooting and contacted BCSO. Otherwise, the incident might have not been reported, McKeithen said.