SAN FRANCISCO - The 19-year-old man charged with kidnapping and assaulting a child in a Golden Gate Park bathroom pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the charges against him.

Dominick Valle-Buitrago allegedly forced the victim, a 13-year-old girl into a restroom near the Polo Field and groped her. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office filed charges for alleged aggravated kidnapping, committing forcible lewd acts upon a child, assault with intent to commit a felony on a person under the age of 18, committing a lewd act upon a child, kidnapping, and false imprisonment.

After entering his plea, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman ordered Valle-Buitrago to remain in custody without bail.

Valle-Buitrago was arrested on Oct. 31, just over a week after the assault took pl

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