http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/nyregion/police-arrest-three-boys-in-sexual-assault-at-a-brooklyn-school.html 2016-10-12 04:54:06 Police Arrest Three Boys in Sexual Assault at a Brooklyn School During the Oct. 6 attack, the police said, the boys pulled down the girl’s pants and touched her. === Three boys have been arrested in the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl at a school building in Brooklyn this month, the police said on Tuesday. During the Oct. 6 attack, the police said, the boys pulled down the girl’s pants and touched her. The episode occurred around 4:30 p.m. in a stairwell leading to the basement of the Herkimer Street building and was captured on video by a security camera, the police said. Two of the boys, age 14 and 12, were arrested on Oct. 7. The third, also 12, was arrested on Oct. 10. It was not clear on Tuesday if the three had been arraigned. The boys and the girl attend different schools within the building, which houses several schools, including Mott Hall IV, a middle school, and Ocean Hill Collegiate Charter School. The city’s Education Department declined to say which schools the students attend because of privacy laws. The episode is likely to inflame a debate over safety in New York’s schools. In the 2015-16 school year, the number of major crimes in schools A spokeswoman for the Education Department, Toya Holness, said, “We are working closely with the N.Y.P.D. as they conduct an investigation, and are providing the school and families with ongoing supports.”