Irving teens disappear after online conversations:

Charlotte apartment manager alerts police to missing teens:

Two 14-year-old girls from Irving, Texas, stole one of their grandmother’s cars and drove 1100 miles from Irving to right here in the Queen City, Charlotte, North Carolina. The pair was allegedly on their way to meet a 23-year-old man from Rock Hill, South Carolina, which is a suburb of Charlotte.

It’s unknown which social network was used, but the girls had accounts on Facebook and MyYearbook. One of the girls wasn’t even allowed to have a computer in the house but still found a way to set up her accounts. One of the girls was staying at the other girl’s house.

The girls were caught when, after they reached Charlotte, they stopped in an apartment office to make a phone call. They claimed their parents had died, and they were on their way to visit their 23-year-old cousin. The apartment manager didn’t buy it and called police. That’s what cracks me up about teenagers. They think their outlandish stories make sense.

Luckily, the girls were unharmed.

I’ve asked my local news channel to see if any charges have been brought up against the 23-year-old.

One of their mothers has advice for other parents out there…

“Look on the Internet, do some searches, you think, ‘Not your kid,’” she said. “Fourteen-year-olds are very impressionable, and these guys are saying scary things.”

I still think keeping the computer in a public area of the house is the best idea. The first mother thought so too. Unfortunately, the second one didn’t.