Trumbull teen charged with raping 8-year-old girl

BRIDGEPORT - A 15-year-old Trumbull youth charged with kidnapping and raping an 8-year-old girl will be tried as an adult, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Quincy Andrews, of Ash Circle in Trumbull, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree aggravated sexual assault, first-degree unlawful restraint, fourth-degree sexual assault, illegal sexual contact and threatening.

Following a closed-door hearing Superior Court Judge William Holden ordered Andrews’s status changed from juvenile to adult. Andrews had been held at the state juvenile court facility following his arrest.

The judge then ordered Andrews held in lieu of $75,000 bond and continued the case to June 13.

Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Tatiana Messina said later she had urged the judge to set the bond at $150,000 because of the serious nature of the allegations.

Police said Andrews had previously been bullying the young girl, who lived in the same condominium complex and that at least one incident, in which Andrews shoved the girl on the ground as she exited the school bus, had been reported to school authorities.

On May 8, police said the victim was riding her bicycle in the parking lot of the condominium complex when Andrews grabbed her, put his hand over her mouth and dragged her inside his home. He then pulled of her clothes and raped her as she screamed for him to stop, police said.

During a forensic interview, police said the girl disclosed that Andrews had previously sexually assaulted her in his home after forcing her to watch pornographic videos on his cell phone.