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Man Arrested After Luring 14-Year-Old via Skout App

5/5/2026

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  • Justin Newman allegedly lured a 14-year-old Connecticut girl via the Skout app, arranged a ride-share there, and was arrested when she was rescued in Ocean Isle Beach.
  • Brunswick County deputies detained Newman without bond and set his first court appearance for May 14.
  • The FBI logged over 340,000 missing children in 2024, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) says about one in six cases involve child-sex trafficking.