{"id":184845,"date":"2026-03-09T22:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184845\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:53:15","slug":"missing-north-carolina-teen-found-during-florida-traffic-stop-wsoc-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184845\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing North Carolina teen found during Florida traffic stop \u2013 WSOC TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A missing 16\u2011year\u2011old girl from North Carolina was located during a traffic stop in Florida after a deputy noticed a speeding vehicle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">The teen initially gave false names and birthdates, raising concern for her safety. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">The driver, 37\u2011year\u2011old Joshua Magraff, gave conflicting stories about his relationship with the girl and why they were traveling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Deputies later confirmed the teen had been reported missing a month earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">A search of the vehicle uncovered counterfeit money, drugs, and paraphernalia. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">The teen was placed in protective custody, and Magraff was arrested on multiple charges. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">The investigation, however, remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">VIDEO: Convicted sex offender accused of assaulting Union County teen expected in court<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net\/11-03-2023\/t_a499e883d58545acb834a3a15ba71797_name_Widescreen_.jpeg\"  width=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Convicted sex offender accused of assaulting Union County teen expected in court <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A missing 16\u2011year\u2011old girl from North Carolina was located during a traffic stop in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[86956,28,30,29,86957,634,12287,59778,115,7181,12288,86958,66778,1045],"class_list":["post-184845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-christopher_porter","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-indian_trail","tag-local","tag-missouri","tag-monroe","tag-news","tag-north_carolina","tag-oklahoma","tag-saint_louis","tag-union_county","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}