7NEWS: Florida girl arrested after friend’s ‘kidnapping’ exposed as YouTube challenge prank
The girl texted 911 Wednesday morning to say her friend, 14, was abducted by “an armed male driving a white van on South I-95 in Oak Hill,” the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said in aThe girl said she was following the van in a blue Jeep. NBC News is not identifying the 11-year-old because she is a minor.A dispatcher to the sheriff’s communication advised the sheriff’s office at 9.45am of a “suspicious incident reported by text message”.
Deputies responded along with help from the sheriff’s office aviation unit and officers from Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange to search for the suspect vehicle — but no van was found.Once at the home, they spoke with the girl’s father, who said she was inside with her family.
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