ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A man has been indicted on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl three years ago at the state fairgrounds in Albuquerque.
Court records show 62-year-old Francisco Espinoza was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on multiple charges including criminal sexual penetration of a minor, distributing a controlled substance to a minor, and child abuse.
James Hallinan, a spokesman for the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, says Espinoza allegedly drugged and raped the teenager in October 2015 after offering her a ride and taking her to a trailer at the fairgrounds.
The Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office cited a conflict in the case. As a result, the attorney general’s office is now prosecuting it.
An attorney for Espinoza could not immediately be reached late Friday.
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