A man is charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from a Minneapolis street and raping her in his vehicle.
Danylo Boldon, 24, of Minneapolis appeared Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court on a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct stemming from the assault in early October.
According to the complaint and a related court document:
A missing-person report on Oct. 8 sent police to the 5200 block of 34th Avenue S. in search of a 12-year-old girl.
Later that night, police were called about someone ringing a home’s doorbell multiple times. Officers went to the address and found the girl.
The girl said a stranger grabbed her, put her in a car and drove around with her until dropping her off at a fast-food restaurant on Hiawatha Avenue S. about a mile from where she was abducted.
During a medical exam, the girl said the man raped her in the car. The exam revealed a fresh bruise and scrape on her body.
The girl shared the same account with CornerHouse, a Minneapolis nonprofit that collects from children evidence of abuse and trauma, “where her reports were consistent with earlier reports to law enforcement and medical personnel.”
