Harrowing details emerge as missing 14-year-old girl is found in a closet 400 miles from home a month after she vanished.

• Leah Chiappino

Police arrested 35-year-old David E. Roark on multiple charges after he allegedly abducted the child from Arkansas.

Roark also had outstanding warrants from Kentucky, according to cops.

His arrest comes after an investigation by the Exploited and Missing Child Unit and the White County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas.

The Wichita Police department were contacted by a White County sergeant after midnight on Wednesday.

The officer was looking for help in locating a 14-year-old girl who left home in early November and never returned, Officer Chad Ditch said.

A lead in the case came when the girl was seen with a man in a convenience store before leaving with him in a car.

White County investigators learned that the suspect was possibly in the Wichita area.

Following an investigation, police found out that Roark was likely staying at a nearby home.

He was arrested when he was seen leaving the house.

Officers then found the missing teen inside a closet.

Both the girl and Roark were interviewed by The Exploited and Missing Child Unit.

Roark is being held in jail on a $1.5million bond.

The U.S. Sun contacted the district attorney’s office for comment but did not hear back by the time of publication.

South Arkansas Online Predator Sting Nets 12 Arrests

By Rebecca Jeffrey

DALLAS COUNTY, Ark. -- A week long online predator and child exploitation sting generated 12 arrests in Dallas County. 

The small sheriff's office in south central Arkansas took on the operation as an experiment to see how prevalent these crimes are in the area. 

"I think that it's more rampant now than it's ever been," Dallas County Investigator Chuck Barker said. 

Since last Monday, at least 12 potential online predators were communicating with who they thought was a teenaged girl from the Fordyce area. 

Who they were actually talking to was Barker and Deputy Jacob Cain.

All 12 were arrested for internet stalking of a child, a class Y Felony, after meeting up with the virtual victim. 

The offenders ranged from 22 to 53 years old. Three were from Louisiana, the other 9 were from central and south central Arkansas. 

"If they're willing to come from other states to victimize our children then we're willing to be here to catch them," Barker said. 

The sheriff's office won't reveal where they found their potential predators because they are still working to catch more using different names, profiles and interests. 

"We only had one victim. So we haven't even explored the gamut of potential victims," Barker said. 

But they plan to. They want to expose the dark reality and protect their most vulnerable from predators using the only resource they have -- themselves. 

“We don't have any extra resources, we don't have any extra money or extra time, or officers to dedicate to this type of operation, but when you're talking about protecting children, that's paramount," Barker said. 

These arrests also serve as a reminder for parents to not use the internet as a virtual babysitter. 

"We think that because children are quiet and in their rooms playing on their phones that they're safe, and that's just not the case, as we've seen 12 times in the last 7 days," Barker said. 

Of the 12 men arrested, some are also facing drug and weapons charges. We're told some brought the items with them when they were planning to meet the teenaged girl. 

DCSO is now working with the FBI on the out of state cases and ICE will be deporting another inmate.