A Bradley County, Tenn., man has been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor after picking up a 13-year-old girl from North Whitfield Middle School in the middle of the day Friday without authorization, Whitfield County Sheriff Scott Chitwood said.
Bradley County sheriff’s deputies soon located James Miles Eady, 21, at 1140 Red Clay State Park Road, nine miles north of the school, with the girl and awoman, Bradley County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Bob Gault said.
Eady told police he was going to “hang out with the girl at the park before taking her home,” Gault said.
He said Eady lives on Red Clay State Park Road.
Whitfield County Schools spokesman Eric Beavers said the middle school was placed on lockdown after the girl went missing.