Charges are being upgraded against Jared John Charles, accused of abducting an eight-year-old girl from a Saskatchewan playground.
Court documents show a charge of sexual assault against Charles is being changed to aggravated sexual assault and a charge of break and enter of a dwelling house is being added.
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Charles, 19, still faces other charges that include kidnapping, forcible confinement, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching.
He was arrested after an Amber Alert was issued July 4 when a girl disappeared from a school playground in Prince Albert.
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Police said a man was seen talking to the girl against a school wall before he grabbed her, put her into the back seat of his car and drove away.
She was found several hours later.
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