Two girls reported kidnapped have been found safe after Bulloch County deputies stopped a suspect’s vehicle, authorities said. The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office said it received information Tuesday from the Georgia State Patrol that a possible kidnapping suspect was traveling toward Bulloch County from North Carolina. After receiving the vehicle’s license plate number, deputies used the county’s network of license plate-reading cameras to locate it. Patrol deputies and investigators stopped the vehicle on Highway 67 near Josh Deal Road. Deputies safely detained everyone in the vehicle while investigators contacted authorities with the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office and China Grove Police Department in North Carolina. North Carolina authorities confirmed that two girls, ages 11 and 15, had been reported kidnapped. They identified the driver, 21-year-old Seth Tallmadge, as the suspect in the investigation, according to the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office. Tallmadge was arrested on a kidnapping warrant issued in Yadkin County. He was taken to the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office and is expected to appear at a hearing to determine his return to North Carolina. The girls were later reunited with their parents. Bulloch County Sheriff Noel Brown credited the quick response and teamwork of the deputies and investigators with bringing the incident to a safe end. Brown said it was the second time in 24 hours that Cpl. Tanner White and his shift had helped rescue people in a…
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