Man Pleads Not Guilty In 2012 Kidnapping Of 15-Year-Old Boy, Girl
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A 47-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he kidnapped a 15-year-old boy and girl in California and brought them to Reno in hopes the girl would engage in illegal sex.
John Thomas Abrams entered the plea Thursday. He's been ordered to stand trial Dec. 1 on two counts of kidnapping and one count of transporting a minor for illegal sexual activity.
He faces at least 20 years in prison if he's convicted of kidnapping.
Prosecutors say Abrams kidnapped the boy and girl in the Sacramento area between about July 12 and July 22, 2012, then took them to Reno.
Officials with the FBI and the Sacramento Police Department conducted the investigation.
Abrams also uses the names Buck, David George Garnett, John McDonald and David Blackwell.
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