Northridge Kidnap Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

Tobias Dustin Summers is charged in connection with the kidnapping and sex assault of a 10-year-old Northride girl

The prime suspect in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 10-year-old Northridge girl pleaded not guilty Thursday to 37 felony charges.

Tobias Dustin Summers, 32, has been jailed in lieu of $19 million bail pending his arraignment in San Fernando Superior Court.

He was arrested April 24 in Mexico and returned to Los Angeles County.

He was charged with 37 felony counts -- one of kidnapping a child, one of burglary, one of kidnapping to commit another crime, and 34 counts related to sexual assault, according to a court record.

Summers allegedly broke into a Northridge home on the night of March 27 and abducted a 10-year-old girl.

A second suspect, 29-year-old Daniel Martinez, allegedly drove the pair's getaway car.

Martinez was arrested March 31, and charged with kidnapping and burglary.

More: Read the Victim's Family's Statement

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