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Man Charged After Alleged Attempted Rape of 14-Year-Old Who Let Him Into Abington High

School officials have opened an independent security review to fix a door-control gap that let a nonstudent enter the building unvetted.

Overview

  • Police arrested 25-year-old Raeem Grange-Allen on June 18 and he is held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility on $250,000 cash bail facing charges that include attempted rape and statutory sexual assault.
  • The victim told investigators Grange-Allen met her at Abington Senior High, identified himself as a student, then groomed her over text and social media and sent nude photos while asking for explicit images in return.
  • The girl said she let the man into the school multiple times in March—approximately three to four times by her account and twice according to the superintendent—and he asked her to perform sexual acts behind a stairwell.
  • Prosecutors say Grange-Allen went to the victim’s home on March 27, attempted to sexually assault her while she resisted, and was interrupted by the girl’s mother; the girl reported the incident to police the next day.
  • Video shows the suspect wearing a hoodie and blending in with students, officials say, and the district is conducting a third-party internal review with the Montgomery County Department of School Safety to consider changes to door controls and visitor-screening procedures while police seek other possible victims via Detective Jeff Anderson.