CINCINNATI (WKRC) – A Tennessee man found with a missing Colerain Township teen in a Florida hotel now faces federal charges. Stephen Negron, 42, is charged with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Investigators pinged the phone of the missing girl on Feb. 13 to a location near her home. Security camera video showed a pickup truck registered to Negron in the area at the same time.
On March 12, FBI agents in Tennessee got a warrant and searched Negron’s Rogersville, Tennessee home. They found evidence of a new cell phone number. GPS pings on that cell phone led agents to the Quality Inn & Suites in Palatka, Florida. They found her the next day.
Negron was also linked to a Texas teen in 2023. He’s now charged with meeting up with her and bringing her back to Tennessee. He allegedly drugged her, sexually assaulted her and threatened her and her family.
Negron will be brought back to Ohio to face charges.
A second man, Kyle Lawrence, 43, of Buffalo, New York, was arrested after allegedly admitting to authorities that he traveled to Cincinnati twice to meet the same 16-year-old girl.