Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Northridge Girl
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A 34-year-old man was sentenced to prison Thursday for kidnapping a 10-year-old girl from her bed in Northridge and sexually assaulting her.
According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Tobias Summers was ordered to spend life in prison without parole plus an additional 230 years.
The victim chose to speak out against Summers after he entered the courtroom in shackles.
"It was not right," she said. "No one should ever have to go through that."
Jurors found Summers guilty of 32 felony counts including rape of a child, aggravated sexual assault, possession of child pornography, kidnapping and first-degree burglary.
On March 27, 2013, he allegedly chose the victim's house at random, threatened the young girl with a knife and then repeatedly sexually assaulted her in his car, a drainage tunnel, a storage yard and a vacant house, according to Deputy District Attorney Laura Knight.
Authorities located the victim nearly 12 hours later, at the corner of Canoga Avenue and Oxnard Street in Woodland Hills.
According to prosecutors, she was barefoot and had visible injuries when she was located.
Co-defendant Daniel Martinez, 31, was sentenced to spend six years in prison in November 2014.
A defense attorney for Summers said he will appeal the court's decision.
