PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon authorities are searching for a 17-year-old girl believed to be with a former sheriff’s deputy.
A state police spokesman says 42-year-old Kenneth Turkle recently resigned from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. He was being investigated because of an alleged sexual relationship with the Lakeview teen.
The girl was staying with a friend in Grants Pass on Friday when she left with a man believed to be Turkle.
When detectives contacted Turkle, he told them he didn’t know where the girl was. Since then, detectives can’t find Turkle and his vehicles are gone.
Warrants have been issued for Turkle’s arrest. He faces charges of third-degree sex abuse and contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor.
Lake County is in south-central Oregon, near the Nevada and California state lines.
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