US Marine Running off with Schoolgirl Arrested in Germany

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US Marine Running off with Schoolgirl Arrested in Germany

German police on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old ex-US Marine who ran off with a 12-year-old English schoolgirl he met over the Internet.

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German police on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old ex-US Marine who ran off with a 12-year-old English schoolgirl he met over the Internet.

The arrest ended a four-day international manhunt involving detectives from Ireland, Germany, Britain, France and the United States.

Toby Studabaker, who is on charges of abduction, was alone whenpolice held him in the western city of Frankfurt.

Studabaker's arrest came after police sources revealed that child pornography had been downloaded from the Internet on to a computer used by the former soldier.

Shortly after the announcement of his arrest, investigators said Shevaun Pennington, whom he had met in an Internet chat room was safe in Great Britain.

Shevaun and Studabaker had flown from Manchester to Paris on Saturday after building up a year-long relationship over the Internet, according to British police.

The pair had been underway in Europe for four days after Studabaker, who was honorably discharged from the marines, flew toManchester to pick her up.

Police also said they had evidence that Studabaker was aware ofShevaun's real age, despite his claims in calls to his family in the United States that he had thought she was 19.

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