The police prosecution unit today (Thursday) submitted to the Magistrate's Court in Petah Tikva, a statement from a prosecutor against Benjamin Shmuel Marcello (30), a resident of the north suspected of committing an act of rape and sodomy on a 13-year-old minor.
The police conducted an investigation following a complaint received about the commission of sexual offenses committed by the suspect on the minor.
The investigation revealed that the suspect lived in a city in the center of the country, where he knew the minor at the place where he worked.
According to the suspicion, he committed rape and sodomy on the minor in two different cases.
The police said: "The issue of sexual offenses is on the agenda in the police, the issue is treated with full sensitivity and given priority, both in the investigation and in the prosecutor's office, in order to deal with criminals in a speedy procedure."