California man charged with kidnapping Idaho girl

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — The Canyon County Sheriff’s Office says a California man has been charged with kidnapping after he was found in a hotel with an 11-year-old girl from Nampa, Idaho. The sheriff’s office said in a prepared statement Wednesday that they began investigating on Monday after the girl was reported as a runaway. When they couldn’t find her through her friends, investigators searched the girl’s cellphone records and found frequent communication with a person who had a California phone number. The sheriff’s office said further investigation led deputies to find her at a hotel with a 20-year-old man.