(August 13, 2008)--A Grand Island, Neb. man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl whom he met on a social networking Web site and took from Austin to Nebraska.
Nebraska State Patrol and Grand Island officers arrested David PeIna, 23, on Tuesday.
They also took the 15-year-old girl into protective custody and seized a computer and other evidence.
PeIna was jailed on a charge of first-degree sexual assault.
Authorities say PeIna met the teenager on the social networking Web site, and then traveled to Austin, where he picked her up and took her to Nebraska.
On Monday, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted troopers in the State Patrol unit that investigates Internet crimes against children.