Prison sentence for stranger rape of 12-year-old grabbed off Minneapolis street

A man who grabbed a 12-year-old girl off a Minneapolis street and raped her in his vehicle was sentenced to more than six years in prison.

Danylo Boldon, 25, of Minneapolis was sentenced Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court after pleading guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct stemming from the assault in October 2024.

With credit for time in jail after his arrest, Boldon is expected to serve about 6¾ years in prison and the balance of the 11-year term on supervised release.

According to the complaint and a related court document:

A missing-person report on Oct. 8, 2024, sent police to the 5200 block of 34th Avenue S. in search of a 12-year-old girl.

Around 3 a.m. the next day, police were called about someone ringing a home’s doorbell multiple times. Officers went to the address and found the girl.

The girl said she was walking to a gas station late at night when 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.

The girl shared the same account with CornerHouse, a Minneapolis nonprofit that collects evidence from children of abuse and other trauma, “where her reports were consistent with earlier reports to law enforcement and medical personnel.”

DNA collected during the girl’s exam was turned over to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Analysis of the DNA came back as matching Boldon’s in connection with a felony drug case in Wisconsin.