By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
The boyfriend of a Sutter County girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert and a widespread search earlier this week has been arrested.
Hugo Anzures (left), 18, of Orland was arrested Thursday and booked into Glenn County Jail, said Lt. James Casner of the Sutter County Sheriff's Department. Anzures is accused of concealing a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Casner said 14-year-old Elvia Flores and a girlfriend walked away from Live Oak High School on Monday with the intention of meeting Anzures in Chico. He said the girls had called and sent text messages to Anzures.
Casner said they walked from the high school into Butte County and got a ride to Chico, where they met Anzures. He drove them to Orland, where he lives.
The girlfriend, however, decided she wanted to go home, and she and Flores were talking at a gas station in Orland when a California Highway Patrol officer drove in and saw the girlfriend crying.
While the officer was talking to the girlfriend, Flores left in a car with Anzures and friends.
The girlfriend told the officer and sheriff's deputies that she and Flores had been abducted outside the high school by four or five men.
She denied that Flores was with her at the gas station, saying it was just a woman she was talking to, Casner said.
When Anzures learned that Flores had been reported kidnapped and was sought by law enforcement, he took her to Gridley and abandoned her, Casner said.
A Gridley police officer received a report Wednesday afternoon of a girl who appeared to be disoriented and found Flores walking down an alley.
Casner said Anzures told officers he had received phone calls and messages from Flores but denied being with her.
The Glenn County Sheriff's Department is now handling the case.
Casner said it has not been determined whether either of the girls will be cited or charged in the case.
Call The Bee's Cathy Locke, (916) 321-5287.
Previous coverage:
Sutter County teen wasn't abducted; she's back home now - April 15, 2010
Sutter County authorities searching for missing teen - April 14, 2010
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