Child rape has been a big story in the Cincinnati area this week. It isn’t what happened at Penn State, but rather what happened at a local McDonalds, when a 5 year old girl was digitally penetrated by a 13 year old boy in the playland:

Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking a teenager for questioning in connection with the reported rape of a five-year-old girl at the McDonald’s restaurant in the 7600 block of Beechmont Ave, Anderson Township Saturday about 8:30 p.m.

The little girl’s grandmother told deputies she saw a boy around 13 to 15 years old leave the restaurant’s play area shortly after the girl reported the incident.

Police even released this image of the suspect

That image lead the boy’s parents to do the right thing:

Deputies have made an arrest in the reported rape of a 5-year-old girl at an Anderson Township restaurant.

A spokesman said the 13-year-old suspect was arrested Thursday after his parents brought him to the sheriff’s office, where the teen admitted to the allegation.

The girl had told authorities that the teen had sexually assaulted her at the playground of the McDonald’s restaurant on Beechmont Avenue.

Deputies released surveillance photos of the suspect to the media on Wednesday in an effort to identify him. The spokesman said the teen’s parents saw the photos and contacted authorities.

This story really is one to consider with what is happening in Penn State. A lot of people are defending Penn State for keeping Michael McQueary on staff as a coach after he witnessed Jerry Sandusky raping a 10 year old boy in the school showers and didn’t report it to police. One of the big excuses has been how dear so many hold footballs, almost as a religion. Well here we have a case of parents contacting police to turn in their 13 year old son. This isn’t reporting a 56 year old coach. There is a much closer and natural bond between parents and children than there is between former players and coaches. This had to be hard on the parents, but they did the right thing.

Could you imagine if Mike McQueary or Joe Pantero would have done this 9 years ago? Things would be a lot different today in Penn State.