Cpl. Bart Veal

Public Information Officer

903-798-3187 (office) 903-798-2368 (pager)

903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)

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Re: 22 year-old Man Arrested with 13 year-old Juvenile from Pennsylvania

Today at 11:05am officers with Texarkana Arkansas Police, Arkansas State Police, and Miller County working with agents of the Federal Bureau Investigations stopped a 2004 Blue Chevrolet Blazer being driven by a white male, 22 year-old Nathan Hugh Wedgeworth. Wedgeworth was accompanied by a 13 year-old white female, which had been reported missing from Pennsylvania on 02/24/05. Wedgeworth was believed to have been traveling from Pennsylvania where the juvenile lives, to his home in Lufkin Texas. The vehicle stop occurred on I-30 near Jefferson Avenue. The Pennsylvania State Police had issued a warrant for Interference with Child Custody against Wedgeworth, and he was immediately taken into custody. Wedgeworth was later transported to the Texarkana Bi-State city jail awaiting extradition. The 13 year-old white female was unharmed and is now awaiting transportation back to Pennsylvania. The 13 year-old female and Wedgeworth had met over the Internet several months ago and apparently planned the incident.

Thank you and you can visit the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department online at http://www.txkusa.org/arkpolice.