Two Florida men face kidnapping charges after police found them with two teenage girls from Clayton.
According to Clayton police, Ericson Leonel Ullo-Flores, 18, of Daytona Beach, Florida, and Edwin Alberto Cardenas, 22, also of Daytona Beach, Florida, were taken into custody on Sunday night with help from the Daytona Beach Police Department (Florida) and Volusia County Sheriff’s Office (Florida).
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Clayton police said the men remain in custody in Florida pending extradition back to North Carolina.
More charges are expected, Clayton police said.
At 10 a.m. Saturday, Clayton police officers responded to a call from parents who said their 14-year-old and 15-year-old daughters were missing. The parents told police they had last seen their daughters at 1 a.m. Saturday.
Clayton police didn’t know whether someone had picked the two teens up, but they left a note saying they were leaving with some “guys they met.” According to police, the teens left on their own and were not abducted.
Police said neither teen had a phone with them when they left the house.
Authorities eventually found both teenage girls safe. Police said the girls will return to their parents.