This undated photo provided by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office shows Justin Christian. Authorities said Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, that Christian, who is accused of breaking into two homes and kidnapping and raping a girl and trying to abduct another within the past year, scouted out his victims. (Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office via AP) (The Associated Press)
CLEVELAND – A judge in Cleveland has set a $3 million bond for a man charged with abducting and raping a 6-year-old girl and attempting to abduct a 10-year-old girl.
An attorney entered a not-guilty plea for 29-year-old Justin Christian during an arraignment Thursday. Christian was indicted Monday on multiple counts of rape, kidnapping and aggravated burglary.
He is accused of trying to take the 10-year-old from her bedroom in Elyria (eh-LEER'-ee-uh) in February and abducting the 6-year-old from her Cleveland home in May. Authorities say the 10-year-old fought him off, and he held the 6-year-old for 17 hours.
Authorities say Christian became a suspect after investigators found a close match of DNA from the crime scenes with DNA from a relative of Christian's.
Christian's attorney didn't return a message seeking comment.
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