Arizona Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Kidnapping Utah Teen

Tadashi Kura Kojima, also known as Aaron Michael Zeman, a 29-year-old from Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. In December 2022, Kojima kidnapped a 13-year-old from Utah, after establishing contact and exchanging sexually explicit communications with the minor via social media under the alias 'Hunter Fox.' The kidnapping occurred after the teen’s parent reported the inappropriate communications to police, who subsequently launched an investigation. Kojima and the teenager were located and apprehended in Nebraska following an Amber Alert. The case was prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative, which combats child sexual exploitation and abuse. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and local police departments, collaborated on the investigation.