LAUREL COUNTY, Ky.
after recognizing the girl’s gestures, which are known to represent “violence at home,” “I need help” and “domestic violence,” Laurel County Sheriff John Root said Friday in a news release.
Deputies stopped the Toyota once it exited off the interstate.
The teen told investigators that she and the suspect, identified as 61-year-old James Herbert Brick of Cherokee, North Carolina, had traveled through North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky together before arriving in Ohio, where Brick has relatives.
Authorities charged Brick with one count each of first-degree unlawful imprisonment and possession of matter portraying a sexual performance of a minor over the age of 12 but under the age of 18.
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