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\nA man accused of kidnapping three teenage girls who had run away from the Home of the Innocents, taking them across state lines and sexually assaulting them has been federally indicted.<\/p>\n
\nA man accused of kidnapping three teenage girls who had run away from the Home of the Innocents, taking them across state lines and sexually assaulting them has been federally indicted.<\/p>\n
Brian Anthony Sauer, 44, was charged with four counts of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to the United States Department of Justice.<\/p>\n
If convicted, Sauer faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.<\/p>\n
Court documents state the three girls, who were all underage, had been reported missing from the Home of the Innocents on May 8.<\/p>\n
Sauer is claimed to have taken the girls to Cox Park and forced two of them to have sex with him. Officials state Sauer then took the girls to a motel in Clarksville and sexually assaulted all three of them,<\/p>\n
According to officials, Sauer then brought one of the girls back to Louisville and performed sex acts with her before returning to Indiana to pick up the other two.<\/p>\n
Two of the girls were later found by police at a trailer park where Sauer had dropped them off. The other girl returned to the Home of the Innocents on her own.<\/p>\n
Louisville Metro Police Department\u2019s Crime Against Children Unit is handling the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n
Sauer\u2019s next court appearance is scheduled for June 23.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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