{"id":225396,"date":"2026-04-09T21:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225396\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:21:09","slug":"rogersville-man-charged-after-being-found-with-teen-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225396\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogersville man charged after being found with teen in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol, Va. (WCYB)  \u2014 A man from Rogersville is in jail after being found with a teenager who disappeared from Ohio. <\/p>\n<p>Stephen L. Negron, 42, is charged with transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to a press release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdoh\/pr\/tennessee-man-who-was-found-florida-missing-ohio-teen-charged-transporting-minor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, he could face anywhere between 10 years to life in prison. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the teenager&#8217;s  cellphone was turned off on Feb. 13 near her home. They said around that time, surveillance cameras captured a silver Chevrolet pickup truck with Tennessee plates registered to Negron in the area. <\/p>\n<p>License plate readers track the truck driving through Kentucky into Tennessee, according to authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators said FBI agents searched Negron&#8217;s home on March 12 and identified a new cellphone number. They said GPS information led agents to a hotel in Palatka, Florida. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they found Negron and the missing teen the following day at that location and took him into custody. <\/p>\n<p>He is expected to be transferred to Ohio to face charges in federal court. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bristol, Va. (WCYB) \u2014 A man from Rogersville is in jail after being found with a teenager who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-225396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225396","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=225396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}