By Linda Taaffe

A 15-year-old Mountain View boy is facing rape charges for allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old Los Altos girl at an unsupervised juvenile party that took place in a home on Osage Avenue July 5, while the owners and their children were out of town. Los Altos police had gathered enough evidence last week to arrest the teen Friday.

Los Altos police officer John Hughmanick said police were still conducting interviews with other party guests this week and anticipated filing trespassing charges against the host, who is a friend of the homeowners’ children.

Hughmanick said about 10 local high school students gathered at the Osage house for a post Independence Day party that included alcohol July 5. The owners were on vacation with their children at the time. The 14-year-old girl told police she met the Mountain View teen at the party. She told police that the teen assaulted her in the bedroom of the home later that evening.

She did not report the attack until noon the following day when she was at her own house. Hughmanick said no charges will be filed against the homeowners. He said the family was just as much a victim as the 14-year-old girl.