Man arrested in Waco after girl was found ‘very intoxicated’ in his car now charged in juvenile runaway case

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KWTX) – A 18-year-old Forney, Texas, man faces felony charges in Guadalupe County after investigators tracked him and a missing runaway juvenile to Kaufman County on Monday, Aug. 31.

Blake D. Teal, 18, was arrested by Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office investigators with assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division. Investigators also safely recovered the missing juvenile teenager.

Teal had been previously arrested in McLennan County, Texas, on June 3 after he was pulled over for speeding and DPS troopers found an underage girl “very intoxicated” in the passenger seat during a traffic stop on Interstate 35. He was later released on bond in that case.

The latest investigation into Teal began on July 22 when deputies responded to a report of a runaway juvenile in the 100 block of Hancock Lane in New Braunfels, Texas. Family members told authorities the girl disappeared overnight and had recently met a man online…

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