On 12/05/2015 Deputies and Investigators with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department assisted Independence County Sheriff’s Department in locating a 13 year old runaway female.

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department was able to apprehend four adult males who were trying to assist the juvenile catch the Amtrak train to another state.

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department was able to set up surveillance to locate the runaway juvenile utilizing information from the Independence County Sheriff’s Department which stayed in constant connection with Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department throughout the entirety of the incident. The incident lasted until approximately 2:00am on 12/06/2015.

During the apprehension of the adult males involved with the juvenile, illegal narcotics were discovered on two of the adult males Aaron Taylor and Christopher Williams both of Batesville and they both are now facing drug charges in Lawrence County.