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A New Jersey man is behind bars after allegedly luring an 11-year-old girl off the street and into his car before kidnapping her, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
Raquan Folk, 29, is charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree luring of a child and third-degree endangering a child’s well-being through sexual conduct, prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a statement Monday.
Folk is accused of pulling up next to the young girl, who was walking along Ridge Avenue in Asbury Park, in a white Kia and convincing her to get into the car with him around 5:30 p.m. on May 30, according to a joint investigation at the MCPO Special Victims Bureau and the Asbury Park Police Department.
Once she was in the car, he reportedly drove to neighboring Neptune Township, stopped the car, and told the girl to take her clothes off.
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Raquan Folk, 29, is charged with luring and kidnapping an 11-year-old girl in Monmouth County, New Jersey. (Monmouth County District Attorney)
The girl asked Folk if she could use a restroom, according to Santiago’s statement, and he allegedly drove to a gas station.
Once stopped at the gas station, she reportedly ran out of the car, stopped a passerby, and was taken to the Neptune Township Police Department.
The 11-year-old girl allegedly kidnapped by Raquan Folk was taken to the Neptune Township Police Department after escaping custody at a gas station. (Neptune Township Police Station/Facebook)
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Folk was taken into custody without incident Thursday and transferred to Monmouth County Correctional Institution, where he awaits a hearing with the county’s Superior Court.
The state is filing a motion to keep him in custody as the case against him progresses, Santiago said.
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The prosecutor’s office encourages anyone with additional information regarding this incident or Folk’s activities in general to contact MCPO Detective Kayla Santiago at 800-533-7443.
