GEARY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect found with an missing teenage girl during a traffic stop.
Just before 1p.m. Tuesday, an officer conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 70 with a 2019 Nissan rental vehicle for a traffic violation, according to Junction City police.
The officer met with the occupants of the vehicle. and during an investigation discovered the passenger was a 15-year-old girl from El Salvador and had been reported missing by a relative in Maryland a few days earlier.
Police arrested the driver identified as Fulgencio Castillo-Guardado, 37, Wilmington California, on requested charges of Interference with Parental Custody, Interference with a Law Enforcement Officer and Speeding.
Castillo-Guardado is being held without bond pending first appearance. The juvenile was turned over to juvenile intake and assessment, according to police.