Elihue Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach and Austyn Lee Cole, 23, of Kitty Hawk are each charged with human trafficking a child ...

A 15-year-old girl who went missing from her home was found 20 miles away last week — and two creeps are now charged with kidnapping and sex-trafficking the teen.

Elihue Martin Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and 23-year-old Austyn Lee Cole of Kitty Hawk, face charges of felony human trafficking of a child victim, felony kidnapping, felony conspiracy ...

Bonds were increased to $5 million on Friday for two men charged in connection with an Amber Alert issued earlier this week ...

Two men are accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing Wednesday and ultimately found safe in Kitty ...

Not one, but two North Carolina amber alerts this week ended in human trafficking arrests. Police say both of the girls at the center of the amber alerts were found after being kidnapped by older men ...

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WTVD, an ABC affiliate, reports that 32-year-old Elihue Martin Mahler of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and 24-year-old Austyn Lee ...

In the Harnett County case, Elihue Mahler and Austyn Cole were charged with Human Trafficking of a Child Victim, Felony ...

Both suspects initially made contact with the missing teen online, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The State Bureau of Investigation located one suspect in Kinston and another in Asheboro after the teenager was found safe.

Two men charged in connection with an Amber Alert issued earlier this week now face $5 million bonds each, a Harnett County judge ruled Friday.