AYER, Mass. -- A 32-year-old Richmond, Va., man has been arrested after authorities said he enticed a 12-year-old girl to run away and planned to sexually assault her and post nude pictures on the Internet.
Daniel O'Brien of pleaded not guilty today to attempted kidnapping and child endangerment. He was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail.
Prosecutors say the girl's parents became suspicious Friday when she filled her backpack with extra clothes and money. A check of their computer revealed the suspect had offered to help the girl run away while chatting with her through a wish-maker's Web site.
Her parents alerted authorities. FBI agents and Littleton police arrested O'Brien on Friday when he arrived at Littleton Train Station.
O'Brien does not yet have an attorney.
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