Sumo Dukulah, 39, teacher at Leslie P. Hill Elementary School, School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "charged ... with rape, involuntary deviant sexual assault and other related charges" My Fox Philly: Philadelphia Elementary School Teacher Charged With Rape (Apr 26 2013) Sumo Dukulah, 39, is a teacher at Leslie P. Hill Elementary School. Prosecutors say he allegedly raped a family member for over eight years. According to a statement from the D.A.'s office, Dukulah began assaulting the child at the age of 8, and this continued until the child turned 16. Tags:
Office of the District Attorney, City of Philadelphia: Elementary School Teacher Charged with Rape (Apr 25 2013) April 25, 2013The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has charged 39 year old Sumo Dukulah with Rape, Involuntary Deviant Sexual Intercourse (IDSI), Unlawful Contact, Aggravated Indecent Assault, Unlawful Restraint, Sexual Assault, False Imprisonment, Corrupting the Morales of a Minor, Endangering the Welfare of a Child (EWOC), Indecent Exposure, Simple Assault and Indecent Assault. Dukulah, a teacher at Leslie P. Hill Elementary School in Philadelphia, is charged with raping a family member for over 8 years. The assaults began when the child was 8 years old and continued until the child was 16 years old.Dukulah was arrested by SVU Detectives on Thursday, April 24, 2013. He was arraigned overnight, bail was set at $500,000, and he was ordered to surrender his passport. Dukulah’s next court appearance is scheduled for May 15, 2013 at 1801 Vine Street. This is an ongoing investigation and anyone with information on Sumo Dukulah should contact police SVU at 215-685-3251, 3252 or 3253 or the District Attorney’s Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit at 215-686-8080.
ABC Local WPVI: Philadelphia teacher charged with raping child relative (Apr 26 2013) Sumo Dukulah, 39, a teacher at at Leslie P. Hill Elementary School, was arrested on Thursday, the district attorney's office announced. Investigators say the rapes began when the child was eight years old and continued until the child was 16. Dukulah was arraigned overnight and bail was set at $500,000.
NBC Philadelphia: Philly Teacher Charged With Rape (Apr 26 2013) Investigators say the assaults began when the child was 8 years old and continued until the child was 16. [Sumo] Dukulah, who was arrested yesterday, is facing a number of charges including rape, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, and aggravated indecent assault. NBC News: Philly Teacher Charged With Rape (Apr 26 2013)
CBS Local Philadelphia: Philadelphia Elementary School Teacher Charged With Raping Family Member For 8 Years (Apr 26 2013) Police say they have charged a Philadelphia elementary school teacher for raping a family member for eight years. According to police, 39-year-old Sumo Dukulah, a teacher at Leslie P. Hill Elementary School, began raping the family member when the child was 8-year-old. Police say the assaults continued for eight years until the child turned 16. Authorities are not saying how Dukulah and the victim are related to protect the victim.
Philadelphia Daily News: Philly teacher charged with raping family member for 8 years (Apr 27 2013) [Sumo] Dukulah, 39, a teacher at L.P. Hill Elementary School in Strawberry Mansion, was charged with raping a family member for eight years, the District Attorney's Office announced. The cruel acts began when the child was 8 years old and continued until the victim was 16, the D.A.'s Office said. Dukulah was arrested Thursday by detectives with the Police Department's Special Victims Unit.
Metro: Strawberry Mansion elementary school teacher charged with child rape (Apr 28 2013) Detectives with the Special Victims Unit on Thursday arrested elementary school teacher Sumo Dukulah, 39, for allegedly raping a juvenile family member for over eight years ... Prosecutors said Dukulah began assaulting the victim when the child was 8 years old and continued until the child was 16 years old.Dukulah is charged with rape, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault, unlawful restraint, sexual assault, false imprisonment, corrupting the morals of a minor, endangering the welfare of a child and indecent exposure. He was arraigned Thursday night. Bail was set at $500,000 and Dukulah was ordered to surrender his passport.
Bing News Alert: None said that they had ever seen the Liberian native act abusively toward his daughter or anyone ... noting that the girl's mother had turned against her. Dukulah, who is being held without bail, is charged with rape, involuntary deviate ... Continue reading... http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...aping_daughter_for_more_than_eight_years.html
Bing News Alert: At the time of his arrest last April, Sumo Dukulah, 40, was a teacher at L.P. Hill Elementary School ... Dukulah, who is being held without bail, is charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related counts. Continue reading... http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140402_Jury_gets_case_of_ex-school_teacher_accused_of_raping_daughter_for_more_than_eight_years.html
Bing News Alert: Dukulah, who taught at L.P. Hill Elementary School in Strawberry Mansion when he was arrested last April, faces a mandatory minimum of 10 to 20 years in state prison when he is sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Gwendolyn Bright on Aug. 29. Continue reading... http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140403_Former_Philadelphia_schoolteacher_guilty_of_raping_his_daughter.html
Metro: Former Philadelphia elementary school teacher convicted of raping daughter (Apr 2 2014) A former L.P. Hill Elementary School teacher was convicted Wednesday of forcibly raping his own daughter for eight years. Sumo Dukulah was arrested in April 2013 after his daughter accused her father of sexually abuse, according to District Attorney Seth Williams. The evidence showed that the victim’s mother found out about the abuse years before,” according to a news release, “but sided with her husband and told her daughter not to tell anyone about the abuse because it would bring shame onto the family. The abuse continued until the girl came forward last year.