Sentencing Scheduled For Man Who Admitted To Kidnapping Boy

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A 20-year-old Rialto man who admitted to trying to kidnap a Cub Scout at
the Encinitas Christmas Parade last winter was scheduled to be
sentenced Thursday. …

VISTA, Calif. — A 20-year-old Rialto man who admitted to trying to kidnap a Cub Scout at the Encinitas Christmas Parade last winter was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.

Jose Francisco Martin pleaded guilty April 30 to attempted kidnapping of someone under the age of 14 as his trial was about to get under way.

Martin faces up to 5 and a half years in state prison, Deputy District Attorney Marnie Stein said.
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Witnesses at the defendant’s preliminary hearing testified that the 6-year-old victim, who had finished as a participant in the Dec.2 parade, was walking along the route slightly ahead of his family when the defendant stepped out of a crowd and grabbed him by the waist.

Martin moved the boy several feet until the child’s 11-year-old brother caught up and pulled the defendant’s arm, allowing the victim to escape, witnesses said.

The defendant was arrested a short time later. Both the prosecutor and defense attorney Craig Pointer said he was drunk at the time, but his blood-alcohol was never tested.