The vehicle slowed down, but the deputy still initiated a traffic stop after pacing the vehicle above the speed limit.<\/p>\n
Once he made contact with the driver and passenger, the passenger gave false information about her name and date of birth.<\/p>\n
The driver, Joshua Magraff, 37, of Charlotte, North Carolina, initially said the passenger was his 16-year-old cousin.<\/p>\n
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The passenger gave deputies a 2013 birth date, which would make her only 12 years-old. The passenger gave two more false names and dates of birth causing Deputy Chewning to be concerned.<\/p>\n
The deputy placed the child in his patrol car and she told him her real name.<\/p>\n
Upon a search, it was found that the teen was reported missing a month earlier from North Carolina. Contact was made with the teen\u2019s mother. The mother stated she did not know Magraff and she reported her daughter missing on Feb. 16.<\/p>\n
When deputies asked the suspect what his connection was to the teen, Magraff changed his story to she was a friend. When deputies asked him why he was hanging out with a 16-year-old his story changed to stating he thought she was 19.<\/p>\n
When asked why the pair were in Florida, he stated he was in the state to play gambling games.<\/p>\n
During a search of the vehicle, deputies found 19 counterfeit $100 bills, synthetic marijuana, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n
Deputies contacted the Department of Children and Families to take custody of the teen until she could be reunited with her mother.<\/p>\n
Magraff was arrested and charged with interference in child custody, synthetic marijuana possession, possession of counterfeit currency, contributing to deliquency of a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n
He was taken to the Putnam County Jail and held on $9,000 bond.<\/p>\n
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