39岁男子被联邦起诉：被指囚禁少女521天，少女靠网游结识的玩家报警获救
美国司法部11月4日宣布，俄勒冈州亨廷顿市39岁男子亚当·亨特·哈尔梅尔（Adam Hunter Harmel）已被联邦起诉，被控跨州运送未成年人并意图实施犯罪性行为。检方指控，他于2025年5月29日从犹他州带走一名当时15岁的少女，囚禁521天；少女今年10月通过网络游戏结识一名玩家并求助，玩家母亲向联邦调查局（FBI）报案，她于11月1日在俄勒冈州获救。
按检方起诉书的说法，哈尔梅尔先在网络平台上与少女接触，取得露骨照片后又转到其他社交应用，自称身有残疾并以金钱引诱，2025年5月29日驾车到犹他州佩里市接走少女，把她的手机扔进洛根峡谷的河里，再将她跨州带到亨廷顿的家中囚禁，并实施性虐待与身体虐待。以上均为检方指控，哈尔梅尔尚未被定罪。
今年10月，哈尔梅尔给了少女一部只能连无线网络的旧手机。少女在玩游戏《Among Us》时结识了另一名未成年玩家（据报道在科罗拉多州），两人转到另一个社交应用交谈，少女说出自己的身份与处境，对方的母亲随即联系了FBI。11月1日，FBI安排了一次受监控的视频通话，少女在通话中展示了房屋与床边放着的刀。同日，俄勒冈州警察与联邦探员在亨廷顿将她救出并送医。哈尔梅尔同日在俄勒冈州安大略市一次交通拦截中被捕。
联邦起诉书11月2日提交犹他州联邦地区法院，哈尔梅尔11月4日在爱达荷州博伊西首次出庭。若罪名成立，他面临10年至终身监禁。FBI局长帕特尔（Kash Patel）与犹他州联邦检察官霍约克（Melissa Holyoak）就此案发表了声明，案件由FBI盐湖城分局与里奇县警长办公室牵头调查。
（来源：美国司法部）
Man, 39, Federally Charged: Girl Held 521 Days Was Rescued After a Gaming Contact Alerted the FBI
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 4 that Adam Hunter Harmel, 39, of Huntington, Oregon, has been federally charged with transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Prosecutors allege that on May 29, 2025, he took a girl who was then 15 from Utah and held her for 521 days. In October this year she reached out through an online game to another player, whose mother contacted the FBI; she was rescued in Oregon on November 1.
According to the criminal complaint, Harmel first groomed the girl on gaming platforms, obtained explicit photos, moved to other social apps, claimed a disability and offered money, then drove to Perry, Utah, on May 29, 2025 to collect her, threw her phone into a river in Logan Canyon, and took her across state lines to his home in Huntington, where he confined her and subjected her to sexual and physical abuse. These are allegations; Harmel has not been convicted.
In October, Harmel gave the girl an old Wi-Fi-only phone with no cellular service. Playing the game Among Us, she befriended another minor, reported to be in Colorado, moved the conversation to another social app, and disclosed who she was and that she was being held. The other player's mother contacted the FBI. On November 1 the FBI arranged a monitored video call in which the girl showed the house and a knife kept by the bed. That day, Oregon State Police and federal agents rescued her in Huntington and took her for medical care. Harmel was arrested the same day in a traffic stop in Ontario, Oregon.
The federal complaint was filed on November 2 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, and Harmel made an initial appearance on November 4 in Boise, Idaho. If convicted, he faces 10 years to life in prison. FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney for Utah Melissa Holyoak issued statements on the case, which was led by the FBI's Salt Lake City Field Office with the Rich County Sheriff's Office.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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