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03/05/10: Man, 23, assaults girl, 13


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Man arrested in SA, accused of sexual assault of girl he met on MySpace

SAN ANTONIO -- A tip alerted News 4 WOAI about a man who was arrested in San Antonio and is accused of sexually assaulting a young girl he met on MySpace.

Police say 23-year-old Enrique De Luna first talked to the 13-year-old girl through the social networking site. After months of exchanging messages, phone calls and pictures, investigators say De Luna took a bus thousands of miles from Indiana to Albany, Georgia, where the girl lived.

The girl said she snuck out of her window, and she and De Luna took a bus to San Antonio. Investigators said the pair stayed with one of De Luna's cousins in an apartment on Commerce Street. The girl told police "They had sex the first night they stayed at the apartment, which was February 3rd." She also stated that she had sex with De Luna three or four times since that night.

De Luna told police he thought the girl was 18 years old and said they only had sex once. Police did not believe De Luna. He is now facing a charge of sexual assault of a child.