A laundromat owner said the suspect accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl who asked bystanders for help gave her a bad feeling from the start.

Steven Robert Sablan was indicted on Thursday by a federal grand jury on one count of kidnapping and one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to a press release from the Central District of California.

As The Messenger previously reported, police said Sablan kidnapped a 13-year-old girl in Texas and drove her to California. The girl, according to a press release from the Long Beach Police Department, was “visibly emotional and distressed” when they stopped by a laundromat in Long Beach, California.

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