Video After The Jump
VOLUSIA, Fla (WZTV) — Body camera video shows the moment a Florida deputy rescued a missing teen from a motel room where she was found with a 22-year-old man she met online.
The Volusia Sheriff's Office released the tense video on Monday showing Deputy Royce James visiting motels & working with staff to find the 13-year-old girl who disappeared after school.
Her grandmother had called the police telling them she never came home & had missed her basketball game. Following leads, Deputy James was told by a friend of the teen the girl intended to go to a motel with someone she had met online from Orlando & that he was to pick her up at a Dollar General store.
After reviewing video from the store, Deputy James was able to identify the teen & then started hitting local motels.
His efforts paid off when he was able to identify the man she was suspected to be with at an Edgewater motel inside a "dark motel room" according to the department.
The department states the girl ran into the deputy's arms & hugged him upon his arrival, the deputy instructing the man to sit down after realizing he had found the suspect. The suspect has been identified as Tyler Thompson, Thompson arrested & charged with interference with child custody & using a computer to lure a child.
Additional charges could be forthcoming & Thompson was released after posting $15,000 bail.
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