El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson has filed a criminal
complaint charging Phillip Greg Garrido and Nancy Garrido with 28 felony
counts stemming from the 1991 abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard, then 11, from a South
Lake Tahoe street, Pierson announced this afternoon.
The couple is being arraigned at 1 p.m. today in El Dorado County Superior
Court in Placerville.
The felony counts include forcible abduction, rape, sexual assault and
false imprisonment. The maximum penalty is multiple life
terms for both defendants, Pierson said.