A 25-year-old man faces multiple criminal charges after authorities say he took a 4-year-old girl away from her mother then sexually assaulted the child on a Southeast Portland street.

Richy Kinu was indicted Tuesday on six counts of kidnapping and sexual abuse, court records show. If convicted, he would receive a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years under Jessica’s Law, which targets those who commit sex crimes against children.

Kinu had met the woman and her daughter, neither of whom he knew, while they were at the Gateway Transit Center late at night Aug. 11, court records show.

Richy Kinu. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office)

The three went grocery shopping together at the Fred Meyer on Northeast 102nd Avenue then took the MAX train to the Lents neighborhood in Southeast Portland, according to a probable cause affidavit.

As they walked to the woman’s home, Kinu carried the child while her mother schlepped bags of food. Suddenly, Kinu took off with the little girl, ignoring the mother’s pleas for him to stop, court documents allege.

The woman found her daughter a few minutes later near Southeast 92nd Avenue and Mt. Scott Boulevard, according to the probable cause affidavit.

The little girl appeared to have been sexually assaulted. Kinu was nowhere to be found.

The woman called police just after midnight Aug. 12, court records show.

According to the responding officer, the mother smelled like alcohol and struggled to provide specific details about what happened, the affidavit alleges.

Forensic tests later found that the little girl had been sexually harmed, court records show. Kinu’s DNA was also discovered.

He was booked into the Multnomah County jail Feb. 20. His next court date is scheduled for April 13.

Kinu has no previous convictions or arrests in Oregon, court records show.

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh; 503-294-7632

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