Traffic stop for missing juvenile results in car theft arrest
A Maryland man who was pulled over by police in Butler County because the car he was driving matched the description of one related to a missing juvenile girl was arrested after police discovered the car had been reported stolen.
Mekhi Laren Mackey, 19, of Crisfield, Md., was charged with a felony charge of receiving stolen property after police pulled him over Aug. 11 on Interstate 79 in Jackson Township, according to state police.
Mackey is being held in the Butler County Prison in lieu of $250,000 bail. His preliminary hearing before District Judge Amy M. Marcinkiewicz has not been scheduled as of Friday.
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