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Portland Police Locate Missing 17-Year-Old Girl from NH During Traffic Stop

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Portland Police say a missing 17-year-old girl from New Hampshire is back with her family after they located her during a traffic stop.

Officers say they pulled over a vehicle at the intersection of Hanover and Lancaster streets at about 8:30 Monday night.

In the vehicle, they say they found 19-year-old Wyatt Boulette of Springvale, Maine, who was charged with Operating After Suspension or Revocation and Violating Conditions of Release. He was transported to the Cumberland County Jail.

(Wyatt Boulette of Springvale, Maine – Portland Police)

Also in the vehicle was a 17-year-old boy, who officers say was found to have a full extraditable warrant out of Androscoggin County. He was arrested and taken to Long Creek Youth Development Center.

A third person in the vehicle was the missing girl from Tilton, New Hampshire. Officers say she was taken to the Portland Police Department, where she was later released to her mother.

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