{"id":317607,"date":"2026-06-24T01:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317607\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T01:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:45:11","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-kidnapping-teen-hiding-her-in-dryer-in-key-largo-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317607\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of kidnapping teen, hiding her in dryer in Key Largo home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A Florida man<\/a> was arrested after allegedly kidnapping a teenage girl and hiding her inside a clothes dryer at his Key Largo home, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Christopher Michael Veit, 53, faces charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment and unlawful sexual activity<\/a> with a minor, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

Authorities responded to a home on Miramar Drive at approximately 11:45 a.m. Sunday, after the alleged victim called 911 and reported that she was being held hostage.<\/p>\n

Deputies later found the teenage girl hidden inside a clothes dryer at the residence, according to investigators.<\/p>\n

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Christopher Michael Veit faces charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment and interference with child custody, according to Florida authorities. (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office; Jeffrey Greenberg\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Authorities said Veit restrained the girl before placing her inside the dryer.<\/p>\n

Investigators<\/a> said Veit allegedly took the girl’s cellphone after she said she wanted to leave the home.<\/p>\n

The victim was found without life-threatening injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

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Christopher Michael Veit, 53, was arrested after authorities said a teenage girl was found hidden inside a clothes dryer at his Key Largo, Fla., home. (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

Authorities said the girl is not from Key Largo, though her connection to Veit was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n

Investigators said they uncovered evidence of an ongoing sexual relationship between Veit and the victim.<\/p>\n

The teenage girl was taken to a local hospital for evaluation before being released into the custody of a family member, officials said.<\/p>\n

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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the case and said additional charges may be forthcoming. (Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association)<\/p>\n

The Florida Department of Children and Families was notified following the incident.<\/p>\n

Detectives responded to the scene and collected evidence, officials said, including “several sheets” of counterfeit currency.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Secret Service was notified upon the discovery, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The case remains under investigation, and additional charges may be forthcoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida man was arrested after allegedly kidnapping a teenage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[265,28,30,29,7107,6180,63677,628],"class_list":["post-317607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-sex-crimes","tag-the-florida-keys","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317607","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=317607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}