It began with an innocent sleep over party at a former teacher’s home, but some say it ended in an alcohol-fueled assault on an under-aged girl. Now it has a rural town wondering what should happen next.

Fallon Police are trying to determine what happened at a party owned by a former coach at Churchill County High School on January 18th. According to reports, it was to be an all girls sleep over. Parents say they were assured there would be no boys and no alcohol.

However, there was alcohol and according to some it was provided by the owner of the home. Also, boys ended up at the home. Sometime during the evening, it's alleged, a very inebriated 15 year old freshman girl had sex with 4 of the boys. Three of them are 17 year olds. The fourth, a son of a prominent family with ties to the local legal community, is 18.

We're told the girl had attended a Christian Academy until the past year or so. She was not very worldly and one might imagine she was vulnerable. She's been moved out of state after apparently being harassed at school and is reportedly terrified at the thought of returning.

The 18 year old is an athlete at Churchill County High. His page on My Space contains an argument that baseball players are different from other athletes because they can drink the night before and still play their best and get the women.

The owner of the home is a former coach at Churchill County High School. She left last spring. The school district could only say there were circumstances leading to her departure.

As for charges, the girl is 15 and one boy is 18. If the investigation leads to charges he could face felony statutory rape charges. The 17 year olds presumably would be tried as juveniles.
If she furnished the alcohol, the former coach could be looking at contributing to the delinquency of a minor certainly, but more serious, if there are felony rape charges, potentially she could be prosecuted as an accessory. There is one other detail that troubles many. Reportedly this incident was widely known at school for 5 days before it was reported. If any staff member at the school knew of the event and didn't report it as required by law, that's a potential violation.

The story is only now breaking amid statements the rape was not reported until 5 days later when the girl reported being harassed at school. She and others in this town fear the investigation will be hampered because of the family of the 18 year old boy. Her attorney, a former Churchill County District Attorney, is conducting his own investigation and preparing civil action.

Fallon's mayor took the unusual step of issuing a press release assuring the community police were actively pursuing the case. He did so with an eye on rumors circulating around town and the fact that Fallon is currently without a police chief. Although he says his police department is conducting an intensive investigation, he wants at some point to bring in an independent agency to ensure the investigation is thorough and unbiased..