ABILENE, Texas — A Coleman man was arrested at the Mall of Abilene Wednesday for harboring a 16-year-old runaway from Fort Worth.
According to an Abilene Police Department arrest report, on Wednesday, an APD officer responded to a call about a missing child/runaway.
Regan Alexander McClain of Coleman was previously contacted in Abilene and his phone was seized after he was found with the runaway.
APD's Criminal Investigation Department was granted a search warrant to search the phone. During the phone search, detectives said they found lewd visual images of the 16-year-old in texts between the two.
At the time the information from the phone search was obtained, officers received a report that McClain had the runaway again and was traveling to Abilene. Officers found McClain and he ran from them into the Mall of Abilene.
He was arrested for harboring a runaway, possession of lewd visual material and evading arrest. An application for an emergency protective order was also filed, the report said.