SALISBURY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A teen reported missing out of Charlotte since March was rescued this week as part of a human trafficking sting in Rowan County.

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said that deputies conducted an undercover human trafficking sting on Sept 3 and 4. On the evening of Sept. 4, a 16-year-old was allegdly brought to an undercover officer by 22-year-old Kelton Isiah Sturdivant, of Oakboro.

Sturdivant was arrested and was found to be a convicted felon, accused of being in possession of a handgun as well as Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance.

Investigators learned the juvenile had been reported missing to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police on March 3, and was entered as a missing child to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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