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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A convicted sex offender on parole from Georgia is accused of kidnapping two 12-year-old girls from a shopping center and sexually assaulting them, police said.
Daniel Lee Cole, 36, of Smyrna, Ga., was arrested Sunday on gross sexual imposition and kidnapping charges, a clerk at Toledo Municipal Court said. Cole made an initial appearance in court Monday where bond was set at $500,000.
Police say Cole posed as a security guard at a shopping center and lured the girls into his car on Saturday. He handcuffed the girls and sexually assaulted both of them before dropping them off, said police Sgt. George Kral.
Cole was convicted five years ago of molesting a 9-year-old in Peachtree City near Atlanta. He was on parole for his conviction for child molestation after serving four years in prison. He is a registered sex offender in Georgia.
He was released from prison last November.
Toledo police arrested Cole early Sunday after his car was spotted by a tipster. He was visiting relatives in the area.
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