May 9, 2008

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Bond has been denied for an Alabama man
charged with raping a 14-year-old South Carolina girl he met on
MySpace.

WYFF-TV in Greenville reports that a judge made the ruling
Thursday during an arraignment hearing for 21-year-old Jared Heath
Gaskey. Gaskey is charged with second-degree rape, soliciting a
child over the Internet and kidnapping.

Police say Gaskey met the girl online between March and April,
and the two also began text messaging each other.

On April 25, police say he drove from Gadsden, Ala., to
Greenville to pick the girl up from Northwest Middle School.

They say Gaskey drove the girl back to Alabama, where they had
sex. Police found the girl after her mother reported her missing.

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Information from: WYFF-TV, http://www.wyff4.com/index.html

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