Date Set For Teen-Rape Trial

Wed., Dec. 11, 1996

From Staff Reports

A Monroe businessman pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges he raped three teenage boys.

A Jan. 31 trial date was set for Ronald Brennan, who authorities say used his Sky Valley computer store to lure victims from two middle schools just a few blocks away. According to prosecutors, Brennan offered the boys free computer games and drugs, then took advantage of them.

Snohomish County prosecutors said his victims included a 15-year-old boy who was given methamphetamines for sex; a 16-year-old who was threatened with a handgun unless he agreed to sex with Brennan; and a 15-year-old, forced into the back of the store for sex. , DataTimes

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