Man suspected of impregnating 11-year-old
by Brent Whiting - May. 2, 2008 03:52 PM
The Arizona Republic

An 18-year-old man has been accused of having sex with a 11-year-old girl and getting her pregnant, authorities said Friday.

The suspect, Enrique Jacobo-Valdez, has been booked in a Maricopa County jail on two counts of sexual conduct with a minor, said Capt. Paul Chagolla, a sheriff's spokesman. He is an apparent acquaintance of the girl's family.

Jacobo-Valdez, described by Chagolla as a man wanted by Pinal County authorities in a drug case.

"Now he is in far more serious legal trouble," he said.

Chagolla said the young girl lives in the Rainbow Valley area of the Southwest Valley, where Jacobo-Valdez was seen running Thursday from the home after deputies went knocking.

He said the suspect was arrested after the girl's mother and grandmother took her to a hospital and learned that she is at least six weeks pregnant and may have been infected as the result of a sexual assault.

Jacobo-Valdez made statements to authorities admitting he knew that the girl was only 11, Chagolla said.