A North Park man who kidnapped an Oklahoma teenage girl has pleaded guilty to transporting sexually explicit images of a minor across state lines.

The images were of the kidnapping victim, who was abducted in June 2022 and rescued by San Diego Police after she was able to find a cellphone to call her father and police.

The charge Ramsey Manuel Cervantes, 23, pleaded guilty to carries the same penalty as a federal kidnapping charge, which is 20 years in federal prison, according to court records.

Sentencing is set for Jan. 10, 2024 before U.S. District Court Judge Linda Lopez. Cervantes has been detained without bail in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

A federal kidnapping charge will be dismissed after he is sentenced. He will be ordered to register as a sex offender in whatever community he lives in after he is released.

Court records say he used his phone and laptop computer to record sexually explicit images of the 16-year-old victim whom he met online. Cervantes transported her and the images across state lines in violation of interstate commerce.

Cervantes met the girl over four visits in Oklahoma in 2022, but she was 16 years old at the time. In the last visit, she said he put a knife to her side and said he would kill her if she tried to leave.

He gave her vodka while en route to San Diego and she was kept in a constant state of heavy intoxication, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Cervantes left her in his North Park apartment alone on June 22, 2022, and she found a cell phone where she called her father and police.

“This is a sad reminder to all of us to be careful who you trust online,” said Police Chief David Nisleit at the time.

Cervantes has agreed to forfeit his laptop computer and cellphone to the government and won’t get it returned back to him after he finishes his sentence.

He faces a maximum fine of $40,000 but the U.S. Attorney’s office indicated they would not be seeking a fine.