A 25-year-old man is behind bars in the Florida Keys after deputies say he allowed a runaway teenager to live in his home for a month, fully aware that authorities were looking for her.
Maykol Campos Guteirrez was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 9, and charged with interference with the custody of a minor. The charges stem from his alleged housing of a 17-year-old girl who had fled from Douglas County, Georgia.
According to the arrest report, the situation wasn’t a case of mistaken identity or confusion about the girl’s age. Investigators say the teen explicitly told Campos Guteirrez that she was 17, a runaway, and that people were actively searching for her. Despite her disclosure, he allegedly allowed her to stay at his residence for approximately four weeks…