News4 Viewer Leads Police to Missing Teen

Police were concerned she was travelling with man wanted on child porn charges.

An alert News 4 viewer helped police capture a man wanted on child porn charges, who was believed to be travelling with a missing teen.

Montgomery County Police asked for help tracking down Kaylen Hage, 16, who was last seen Wednesday on Macarthur Boulevard in Bethesda. 22-year-old Benjamin Jird Cass, who police say is wanted on child porn charges, was also missing, and investigators thought they might be together.

Shortly after the story aired on News4 at 5, a tipster called police, and reported seeing the pair in the park in Dupont Circle.

U.S. Park Police found the pair in the park, and have detained Cass.

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