The Spur Posse was a group of high school boys from Lakewood, California, who used a point system to keep track of and compare their sexual conquests.

Members of the Spur Posse proceeded to make the rounds on the tabloid-TV talk-show circuit.

The main villains in the 1999 horror film The Rage: Carrie 2 were based on the Spur Posse.

But Lakewood is also the home of a group called the Spur Posse, 20 to 30 local boys who award themselves points for having carnal knowledge of young girls.

But there's nothing new about the Spur Posse.

Nine members of the Spur Posse spent a few days in jail last week, accused of molesting and raping girls as young as 10.

This month Mr. Phillips interviewed three members of the Spur Posse, the high school boys from Lakewood, Calif., who are subjects of a rape investigation.

One of Mr. Belman's sons, 20-year-old Dana, founded the Spur Posse.

To the Editor: The high school I attended was not much different from the one in Lakewood, Calif., made notorious by the Spur Posse's exploits.