Missing 15-year-old found 500 miles away with man she met online

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Authorities found a missing 15-year-old Tuscarawas County girl in Wisconsin hours after she left her home with an older, married man who allegedly met her online and lied about his age.

Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Captain Detective Adam Fisher says the girl’s mother has brought her home, and the man, 24-year-old Jordan Romine of Dayton, is in jail in Walworth County, Wisconsin, contesting extradition back to Ohio.

Fisher says the pair had known each other for about three months, and Romine had even met the parents. However, Fisher says they confronted him when they found out he wasn’t a teenager. He says Romine presented himself as only a year older than the girl…

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