He paid over $800 in Uber rides to bring the girl to his Florida home, according to police.
Richard Brown, 25, was arrested in Florida. By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow March 23 at 4:14 PM A Florida man has been arrested and accused of using Instagram to lure a 17-year-old girl across two states to his home, then sexually assaulting her.
Police say Brown paid over $800 for Uber rides that brought the girl through Texas and Louisiana and finally to his home in Apopka, Fla. The teenager told police that when she found out she had been lied to, she wanted to go home, but that he told her “No, you owe me now for bringing you all the way here,” an ABC affiliate reported.
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