A man was arrested in California after kidnapping a 10 -year -old girl she met through online game platforms. According to the authorities, he kept contact with the child through the applications Roblox and Discord.
Matthew Macatuno Naval, 27, was arrested on Sunday (13) for kidnapping and illegal sexual conduct with a minor, said the Kern County Sheriff Office in a press release . THE CNN It is working to determine if naval has legal representation.
Kern County police started on Sunday to look for the child, a young woman from Taft, California, according to CNN Kovr Affiliate after his family reported his disappearance, police said.
When the reports indicated the possibility of the girl being kidnapped, the detectives said they found that she was communicating with the man on social networks, and that he would be in the Elk Grove region, more than 400 kilometers from Taft, where the child’s house is located.
Kern County police notified the authorities in Elk Grove, who found the child on Sunday afternoon, according to the statement.
Naval was arrested in Sacramento County and later transferred to Kern County, where he is detained with bail set at US $ 250,000 (about R $ 1,450,000.00). He has a judicial hearing scheduled for next Friday (18).
Still in the press release, the cabinet warned about the “importance of internet security”, referring to messages that Naval allegedly exchanged with the underage at Roblox and Discord.
Roblox is a very popular online game creation platform among teenagers; Discord is an instant messaging application, commonly used in gamers communities.
“Parents, monitor all electronic use and learn with whom their children are communicating. Many apps and games have messages and have the same risk, if no longer, as social media platforms,” they said.
Last month, in response to allegations that children are being exposed to harmful content on the site, roblox co -founder and CEO Dave Baszucki told BBC that the company adopts “the posture that any bad incident, even if only one, is already too much.”
“We observed bullying and harassment, and filtered all these kinds of things, and I would say that, behind the scenes, continuous analysis even, if necessary, contact the authorities.”
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