{"id":70923,"date":"2016-03-23T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=70923"},"modified":"2017-07-30T17:45:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T00:45:36","slug":"agua-dulce-man-charged-with-kidnapping-2-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/03\/23\/agua-dulce-man-charged-with-kidnapping-2-year-old-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Agua Dulce man charged with kidnapping 2-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Felony charges were filed Wednesday against an Agua Dulce man who allegedly kidnapped a 2-year-old girl at knife-point from a mobile home park and then pulled a knife on the toddler’s grandfather when he tried to intervene.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Ray Dillingham<\/b>, 40,\u00a0pleaded not guilty to one count each of kidnapping a victim under 14, with an allegation that he used a knife during the crime, and assault with a deadly weapon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dillingham is accused of snatching the girl from the mobile home park in the 12700 block of Sierra Highway, where he and the child’s grandparents both live, shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The suspect pulled a knife on the 2-year-old’s grandfather and grabbed the little girl,” said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Bryan Aguilera.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dillingham allegedly refused to return the girl after her grandfather followed him to his trailer in the same mobile home park in the Sleepy Valley area of Santa Clarita .<\/span><\/p>\n

The child was rescued shortly after deputies arrived at the mobile home park and took the suspect into custody, Aguilera said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The girl was unhurt and was returned to her family after being taken to a hospital for evaluation, according to the sheriff’s department.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dillingham is due back in a San Fernando courtroom April 12, when a date is scheduled to be set for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.<\/p>\n

If convicted of the charges, Dillingham could face up to 30 years in state prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Felony charges were filed Wednesday against an Agua Dulce man who allegedly kidnapped a 2-year-old girl at knife-point from a mobile home park and then pulled a knife on the toddler’s grandfather when he tried to intervene. Thomas Ray Dillingham, 40,\u00a0pleaded not guilty to one count each of kidnapping a victim under 14, with an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}