The drama surrounding two teenage sweethearts on the run from the law ended quietly and unceremoniously in a Florida beach town.
Dalton Hayes, an 18-year-old suspected of committing a string of crimes with his 13-year-old girlfriend, agreed during a quick Monday morning court hearing to return to his home state of Kentucky to face charges.
Hayes and his girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips were arrested early Sunday in Panama City Beach by the U.S. Marshal’s Service and local police after being found sleeping in a stolen vehicle.
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When he hit the road, Hayes was running away from trouble back home. He faces burglary and theft charges in his home county, stemming from an arrest late last year, according to court records in Grayson County, Kentucky.
He was planning to be at the local judicial center Jan. 5 to find out if a grand jury had indicted him on the charges, his mother said. His case did not come up, but by that time the teens were gone.
