Guilty Plea From the Man Accused of Kidnapping a 9-Year-Old Girl From an Upstate New York Park

Craig N. Ross, Jr. is arraigned before Judge on charges related to the kidnapping of a 9-year-old from Moreau Lake State Park at Saratoga County Court in Ballston Spa, New York on Nov. 17, 2023. Will Waldron/The Albany Times Union via AP

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y.—A man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York pleaded guilty to two felony counts and faces 47 years to life in prison.

Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday under a plea deal to first-degree kidnapping and predatory sexual assault of a child, according to the Saratoga County district attorney.