Elihue Mahler, 31, of Virginia Beach and Austyn Lee Cole, 23, of Kitty Hawk are each charged with human trafficking a child victim, kidnapping and two counts of felony conspiracy in the Tuesday morning disappearance of 15-year-old Azalea Strifler.

An Amber Alert was issued out of Harnett County on Wednesday as deputies are looking for endangered child Azalea Strifler. Strifler is 15 years old and was last seen in Spring Lake. A Facebook post from Cameo Strifler,

An AMBER Alert was issued Wednesday afternoon by the Harnett County Sheriff's Office for 15-year-old Azalea Strifler. She is 5' 4", weighs around 110 pounds, and has blonde hair, and blue eyes. She was last seen in the areas of Storey Acres Road in Spring Lake.

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

Police are searching for a woman who escaped with hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from a Target store in Orange County. The theft occurred earlier in February at a Target at 3300 S. Bristol St. in Santa Ana, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. Surveillance video captured the suspect browsing store shelves as […]

Kidnapping and human trafficking charges have been filed against two men from Hampton Roads in connection to an Amber Alert issued in North Carolina.