Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Mom: Runaway teen met man through Xbox chat

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old Michigan girl who was missing for three days after flying to Puerto Rico says the teenager was lured there by a man she met chatting online through her Xbox 360.

Stacey Rieberger told ABC's "Good Morning America" program on Wednesday that her daughter, Jasmine, was lured to the island with promises of becoming a boxing champion.

Jasmine Rieberger left her Pittsfield Township home Saturday and flew to San Juan, Puerto Rico, after destroying her computer and Xbox to cover her tracks.

She was found Tuesday in Bayamon. A 26-year-old man was detained.

The Ann Arbor News reports she is with her father and grandfather in Puerto Rico after being questioned.

Pittsfield Township is in Washtenaw County, about 35 miles west-southwest of Detroit.

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