Last night at approximately 10:20 p.m. CST, a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper conducted a traffic stop on a black BMW passenger vehicle for a traffic violation on IH-10 mile marker 286 in Pecos County. During the contact with the occupants, the trooper identified a young female and confirmed she was a 17 year old missing juvenile from Gridley, California. DPS Special Agents also assisted in this investigation and the juvenile was transported to the Fort Stockton Juvenile Detention Center. The other occupants were interviewed and released.

(News release)