Man who picked up California runaway arrested in Salt Lake, police say


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SALT LAKE CITY — A man accused of picking up a runaway teenage girl in California and taking her all around the Northwest, all while providing her drugs and taking inappropriate pictures, has been arrested in Salt Lake City.

Amado Jesus Jiminez, 34, of Riverbank, California, was arrested late Friday by Salt Lake police officers who received a tip about where the missing 15-year-old girl might be. Jiminez was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of sexual exploitation of a minor, child endangerment, drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

On May 6, Jiminez picked up the girl on the side of a California freeway, according to a jail report. From there, the two went to Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Utah, the report states.

Jiminez provided the girl with marijuana and "admitted to taking nude images" of the girl, according to the report.

Police say a tip from the girl's parents led officers to an address in Salt Lake City where he was arrested.

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