LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) – A Lake Charles man is facing charges after two missing teenage girls were found hiding in his home.

Micah Ford, 22, was arrested and booked into Calcasieu Correctional Facility on the following charges:

• Contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile (2 counts)
• Inappropriate behavior towards a teenager

On November 8, at approximately 3 p.m., the Calcasieu County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on Red Tailed Hawk Drive in Lake Charles in reference to two 14-year-old girls who had been reported missing the previous day.

Investigators said family members told deputies that a cell phone belonging to one of the girls indicated it was found in the home. When deputies arrived, they contacted Ford and he confirmed that the two girls were hiding in his home.

Investigators learned Ford kissed one of the girls and sent her a sexually explicit video, deputies said.

Ford’s bond was set at $105,000.

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