Child sex case dismissed against Army captain

COLUMBUS - Federal charges have been dismissed against a 26-year-old U.S. Army captain accused of using the Internet to entice a 13-year-old Phenix City, Ala., girl to have sex with him. <br> <br> Capt. Ricardo Kiowa Gonzales, 26, was scheduled for trial during the Sept. 9 term of U.S. District Court, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Dean Daskal filed a motion to dismiss all charges. <br> <br> Daskal said the teenager and her family said they could not handle the demands of a trial. <br> <br> ``The best interests of the victim are believed to weigh in favor of dismissal,&#39;&#39; wrote Daskal, adding that the girl&#39;s testimony would have been essential to the government&#39;s case. <br> <br> Gonzales, indicted May 29, was stationed at Fort Benning when the alleged crimes occurred between last Dec. 15 and Jan. 13. He was charged with transporting the girl from Alabama to Georgia with the intent to engage in sexual activity prohibited by Georgia&#39;s child molestation laws.