April 12, 2005
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
PRISON TIME FOR MAN WHO KIDNAPPED
11-YEAR-OLD
A 24-year-old man who betrayed
the trust of a family that had taken him into their home is
going to prison.
Jesus Valenzuela
appeared in Denver District Court today and was sentenced to 11
years in prison for kidnapping and attempted sexual assault on a
child.
The victim’s family had been
letting Valenzuela stay with them at their Denver home last
summer because he was out of work. On July 11, 2004 he
kidnapped an 11-year-old girl. The kidnapping prompted an Amber
Alert which helped police find Valenzuela the next day in
Glendale. He was arrested without incident and the girl was
returned safely to her family.
The judge gave Valenzuela just
one year less than the maximum of 12 years.
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