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SAN DIEGO - 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 Wednesday to two years in county jail.
Higginbotham was arrested and initially charged with attempted kidnapping, but that count was dismissed as part of his guilty plea. 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.
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