GRIMES, Iowa — A search for a missing girl out of Mississippi that caused a Walmart to evacuate ended at Johnston High School Sunday.
The chief of police for the Belmont, Miss. Police Department confirms 15-year-old Monica O'Bryan was found.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office has charged 21-year-old Jared Michael Wright with Harboring a Runaway.
The Polk County Dispatch said they received a call from the Belmont, Miss. Police Department in regards to a missing girl from their area. The officer told dispatch a 15-year-old was reported missing Feb. 25., and said the victim may be at the Walmart store in Grimes.
Authorities were able to locate O'Bryan with pings from a cell phone. Police wouldn't specify if the phone was hers or Wright's.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office, along with the Johnston and Urbandale Fire Departments, searched the area. They said just after 5:30 p.m., the victim was found at Johnston High School safe.
As of Sunday night, O'Bryan was still in Iowa. Lt. Heath Osberg with the Polk County Sheriff's Office says they are working with child protective services in Miss. to get her home.