@crimeatyourfingertips: A man accused of kidnap*ng a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York rap3d the child during the 2 days she was held hostage before her rescue, prosecutors said Friday. Craig N. Ross Jr. was initially charged only with first-degree kidnap*ng in the abduction of the girl on Sept. 30 from Moreau Lake State Park, located in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains about 35 miles north of Albany. A massive search in the rural area ended 2 days later when state police troopers & FBI SWAT team stormed a camper Ross was staying in. Rescuers found the girl in a cabinet. The break in the case had come after officers stationed at the girl's home saw someone drop a ransom note in the family's mailbox before dawn. State police matched fingerprints on the note to Ross, who was in a database because of a 1999 drunken driving case. An indictment made public Friday kept the kidnapping charge & added 4 counts of predatory SA against a child, along with charges of SA, ass*ult & endangering the welfare of a child. Ross pleaded not guilty in Saratoga County Court. District Attorney Karen Heggen told reporters afterward that the defendant committed a heinous offense against a young victim. "We will hold him accountable and responsible," she said. The girl had been riding her bike around a campsite loop in the park with other children on a Saturday evening when she decided to ride around 1 more time by herself. Her parents became alarmed when she failed to return after about 15 minutes. An Amber Alert was issued the next morning & more than 100 police, forest rangers & civilians took part in a search that employed drones, bloodhounds & an airboat. Troopers set up checkpoints on the winding, rural roads around the park. Ross has been in jail without bail since his arrest. #truecrime #truecrimecommunity #crimestories #crimetokstories #crimetiktok #crimetoks #crime #truecrimetiktoker #crimejunkies #crimejunkie #truecrimetok #crimetok #crimetiktoks #crimetiktokers #crimejunkiestories

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