Triggered Amber Alert: Accused pleads guilty in abduction of Saskatchewan girl
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A Saskatchewan man who was arrested after an Amber Alert was issued for a girl who disappeared from a school playground has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault.
However, Jared John Charles has pleaded not guilty to aggravated sexual assault.
Charles was arrested in July after the eight-year-old girl was abducted near her home in Prince Albert. She was found several hours later.
Charles, who was 19 when he was charged and has also been identified as Jarrod Charles, entered his pleas during a pre-trial conference on Dec. 15.