A man who was captured in widely circulated footage grabbing a young boy outside an Ocean Beach business and trying to take the child with him was sentenced to…
Deputy District Attorney Eva Kilamyan said that the boy has been traumatized by the incident, suffers from nightmares and does not want to go outside or to schoolChristopher Higginbotham, 39, pleaded guilty to a felony false imprisonment count for picking an 8-year-old boy up on March 22 along Newport Avenue. He was subdued by a group of people, including the boy's father.
Higginbotham was arrested and initially charged with attempted kidnapping, but that count was dismissed as part of his guilty plea.During a Wednesday afternoon sentencing hearing, Higginbotham said what occurred was a mistake, as at the time, he believed the boy was his son. Higginbotham's 12-year-old son and the mother of Higginbotham's son, Kazia Valinor, both attended the sentencing hearing in support and said Higginbotham has struggled with homelessness and substance abuse for a long time.Valinor said Higginbotham did not have a stable address or cellphone, but was known to be in Ocean Beach and she and her son would often travel there to see if they could find him in the area.
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