Sex offender charged with raping girl, 13, in parking garage

TACOMA -- Police arrested a 21-year-old registered sex offender after he was allegedly found raping a 13-year-old girl outside a car on the sixth floor of the Tacoma Dome parking garage.

According to the Tacoma Police Department, Brendan Rydman was spotted having sex outside a car by a security surveillance system installed in the garage. Rydman is a registered sex offender and prohibited from having contact with minors.

Police were called to the scene and contacted the female, who confirmed she was 13 years old.

They talked to Rydman, who allegedly said he was in the parking garage so he could teach the girl, a family friend, how to drive. He said their favorite song came on the radio, and they got out of the car to dance. He then admitted to having sex with the girl, police said.

Police arrested Rydman and he was taken to the Pierce County Jail. He is being charged in court with second-degree child rape.