MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — A 38-year-old man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly snuck into a home and abducted his girlfriend's 6-year-old niece on Saturday, officials said.
Carlos Rosales allegedly crept into the girl's bedroom in Guadalupe and kidnapped her sometime before 7 a.m. Saturday.
During the investigation, Rosales allegedly called his girlfriend and confessed to having her niece. The suspect suggested he was armed with a weapon and wanted to die "suicide by cop," court records show.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office tracked down the suspect's phone later that day and deputies engaged in a standoff with the suspect.
The girl was released from the suspect's custody and was safely recovered by MCSO deputies. Rosales allegedly refused to surrender until deputies subdued the suspect with rubber bullets and a police dog, court records show.
The girl told MCSO the suspect did not physically harm her, but Rosales was allegedly "mean to her," records show.
Rosales was booked into jail on charges of kidnapping and resisting arrest.
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