RILEY COUNTY —Two Manhattan brothers have been arrested in separate rape and aggravated criminal sodomy cases reported to have occurred in Manhattan from 2017 to 2021, according to a media release from the Riley County Police Department.
On February 21, 2021, officers filed a report for past sex offenses in Manhattan, listing a now 10-year-old female as the victim and a now 27-year-old male as the suspect. Severino Jimenez Calleja, 27, of Manhattan was arrested in connection on March 5, 2021, on two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy of a child under 14 years of age and four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
On February 25, 2021, officers filed a report for past aggravated offenses in Manhattan, listing a now 10-year-old female as the victim and a 31-year-old male as the suspect. Antonio Jimenez Calleja, 31, of Manhattan was arrested in connection on March 5, 2021, on two counts of rape of a child under 14 years of age, aggravated criminal sodomy of a child under 14 years of age, and aggravated incident liberties of a child under 14 years of age.
Both men are confined in the Riley County Jail on total bonds of $400,000.00 each.