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July 21, 2017: Man Pleads No Contest to Kidnapping   

(10:45) A man pleaded “no contest” to charges related to a 2016 Soledad kidnapping that triggered an amber alert.   On April 14, 2016 28 year-old Carmen Maldonado stole a vehicle from a Soledad home around 6:45 a.m. with 2 year-old boy, Jacob Vargas, in the back seat.  Maldonado parked the vehicle in a shed off River Road, locked the child in the car and fled on foot.  The child was found safe at 1:30 p.m. on the same day.  Maldonado was arrested after a 5 day manhunt.  Maldonado is charged with kidnapping a child, child abuse, and auto theft.   He will be sentenced to 8 years in prison on September 1.

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