Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Kentucky Man To Be Sentenced For Abduction Of Wheeling Girl
29 year old Joshua Ridings of Owensboro is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 12th. He plead guilty in October to a federal charge of crossing a state line to engage in a sexual act with a person under the age of 12. Authorities say, in February 2007, Ridings abducted an 11 year old girl from North Wheeling, West Virginia and took her into Belmont County Ohio where he sexually assaulted her. Kidnapping, first-degree assault and second-degree assault charges are pending. Under a plea agreement, he coud spend 40 years in prison.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:48 PM 
