Overview
- A Putnam County deputy stopped a speeding car near Crescent City and identified the passenger as a 16-year-old reported missing on February 16.
- Deputies said the teen initially gave multiple false names and birth dates, including a 2013 birth year, before providing her real identity.
- The driver, 37-year-old Joshua Magraff of Charlotte, gave shifting accounts of his relationship to the teen and told deputies he came to Florida to play gambling games.
- A vehicle search uncovered 19 counterfeit $100 bills, synthetic marijuana, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia, according to the sheriff’s office.
- Magraff was arrested on charges including interference in child custody, possession of synthetic marijuana, possession of counterfeit currency, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and possession of drug paraphernalia, while the teen was placed in DCF custody pending reunification with her mother.