A 13-year-old used a ‘Help Me!’ sign to escape after being abducted. A Texas man has now pleaded guilty to kidnapping | CNN
www.cnn.com
A Texas man who kidnapped a 13-year-old girl in San Antonio and sexually assaulted her multiple times while driving her to Southern California last year pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge Friday as part of a plea agreement, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said.

A Texas man who kidnapped a 13-year-old girl in San Antonio and sexually assaulted her multiple times while driving her to Southern California last year pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge Friday as part of a plea agreement, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said.

Steven Robert Sablan, 62, abducted the girl at gunpoint on or about July 6, 2023, in San Antonio and “engaged in sexual activity” with her while driving her to Long Beach, California, the plea agreement states.

“At the time of the crime, Sablan had no legal custody or familial relationship to the victim,” the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a news release.

  • Gonkulator@lemm.ee
    0·
    10 months ago

    Well said. We’re centuries past the time it was needed to call this out in a very frank manner and “respecting” their beliefs when their behavior is abhorrent.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      0·
      10 months ago

      I fully believe raising a kid in religion is “priming the pump” to allow them to believe any old absolute bullshit.

      It’s building a mind that’s willing to reject reality for fantasy.

      All of it boiling down to “humans are scared of death” and the fantasy is avoiding death (eternal life).