According to a press release from the Starkville Police Department, 21-year-old Mississippi State University student, Zachary Miller, was arrested on Tuesday.
He is being held on two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge from Florida.
The charges include removing a minor from the state, interference with child custody and contributing to the dependency of a minor.
Miller took Amy Turner, a 16-yeard-old British girl who was vacationing with her family in Polk County, Florida and brought her back to Starkville with him.
SPD was contacted on Tuesday by authorities from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida.
Polk County was seeking assistance from SPD in locating Turner and Miller.
Officers from SPD found Miller and Turner at his residence at 516 Spruce Lane in Starkville and they were both taken into custody.
Turner was held overnight in the Leflore County Juvenile Detention Center in Greenwood, MS and has since been reunited with her father.
Miller is being held in Oktibbeha County Jail without bond and will be turned over to Florida authorities.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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SPD finds British runaway, MSU student in custody
EMMA CRAWFORD
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August 22, 2012
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