Tip led to capture of man suspected in Northridge kidnapping

A phone tip, perhaps prompted by a $25,000 reward, led investigators to the man suspected in the kidnapping and assault of a 10-year-old Northridge girl, authorities said.Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said authorities received the information late Tuesday night about Tobias Dustin Summers, roughly three weeks after surveillance footage captured Summers crossing into Tecate, Mexico. Authorities then focused their search south of the border, he said, where the FBI offered a "highly publicized" $25,000 reward.Baja California state police arrested Summers, 32, Wednesday morning at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center at Las Misiones, a small community about 200 miles south of the border, according to Alfredo Arenas, commander of the Baja California state police fugitive squad.Arenas said Summers gave up without incident and police confirmed his identity through the Superman logo tattoo on his chest. Summers was surprised and frightened by the sight of the police officers, Arenas said. "I'm very happy that we caught this trash," Arenas said. "I always make a point to capture people that have sex with children. Because if given the opportunity, they will rape a Mexican child."At a noon press conference in Los Angeles, Tim Delaney, the special agent in charge of the FBI's L.A. field office, said FBI agents and LAPD officers had brought Summers back to the U.S. and he is en route to Los Angeles.The investigation was conducted by the L.A. fugitive task force, which includes the LAPD and FBI, with the help of Mexican authorities and the San Diego police department.Beck told The Times he was "extremely pleased" at the arrest, but cautioned "there's a long way left to go in this case.""We can never make whole the lives of that family and the young girl after this horrific event," Beck said later at the media conference. "But we can and we will and we do make plain to anybody in this city that thinks they can commit that kind of crime and remain free after doing so -- we can make sure that they know that is not true."