The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office announced that they have taken a former Virginia House of Delegates candidate into custody for allegedly abducting a 12-year-old girl in California.
In a national and multi-agency investigation, Fresno County Sheriff’s Department announced that 40-year-old Nathan Daniel Larson of Catlett, Virginia, was arrested and facing a misdemeanor charge of harboring a minor. He is currently in Denver County Jail.
However, an investigation has led to the man now facing additional felony charges in Fresno County for kidnapping, child abduction, soliciting child pornography from a minor, and meeting a child for the intention of sex.
Larson is scheduled for a court hearing in Denver on Dec. 24. and will have an extradition request and be transported to Fresno County Jail. If he’s convicted, Larson faces life in state prison without the possibility of parole.
On Monday, Dec. 14, the 12-year-old girl was reported missing to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and Fresno Police Department.
During the early part of the investigation, detectives were able to gather information that the girl was potentially coerced to run away with the older man after meeting on social media in mid-October.
