STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota man is accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old New York girl that he met in an Internet chat room.
Fifty-three-year-old Michael Angelo Goerlich of Landfall faces two counts of kidnapping and one count of false imprisonment.
According to the criminal complaint, Goerlich arranged to meet the girl Sunday on a street corner near her home in Rochester, New York, and persuaded her to return with him to Minnesota.
On Tuesday, a Washington County sheriff’s deputy found the girl in a locked bedroom at the back of Goerlich’s mobile home. The complaint says she was talking on a cellphone with a police officer in Rochester and “appeared scared and confused.”
The Star Tribune (https://strib.mn/1mGRCDA ) reports bail for Goerlich is set at $1 million. The girl was in protective custody Thursday.
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Information from: Star Tribune, https://www.startribune.com
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