Pennsylvania Teen Missing for Nearly a Year Found, Man Faces Multiple Charges

Officers from the Patrol Division and SVU arrived at the home around 4:20 p.m. and found the missing girl, who authorities have been searching for since her disappearance from Pennsylvania last year.

Rudy Blalock

Published: 6/19/2025, 3:29:10 PM EDT

Pennsylvania Teen Missing for Nearly a Year Found, Man Faces Multiple Charges — Police work at the scene of a shooting in east Charlotte, N.C., on April 29, 2024. (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

A 15-year-old girl who was reported missing from Pennsylvania nearly a year ago was found safe this week in High Point, North Carolina. Police said a local man has been arrested on more than a dozen serious charges, according to a Tuesday news release from the High Point Police Department in NC.

Detectives with the department’s Special Victim Unit (SVU) found the missing teenager on June 16 after following up on information that she might be living in a residence in the 2000 block of Treyburn Lane, according to the news release.

Officers from the Patrol Division and SVU arrived at the home around 4:20 p.m. and found the missing girl, who authorities have been searching for since her disappearance from Pennsylvania last year.

Investigators determined that Joseph Rossomando, 32, who lives at the Treyburn Lane address, was in possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the police department. Rossomando was taken into custody at the scene.

During the investigation, detectives interviewed the victim and executed a search warrant at the home, seizing several electronic devices as evidence, according to the department’s statement.

Rossomando now faces a total of more than 15 charges, including:

Seven counts of statutory sex offense with a child less than 15
Seven counts of statutory rape of a child less than 15
Felony human trafficking of a child victim
Felony sexual servitude of a child victim
Felony second degree sexual exploitation of a minor
Felony statutory rape
Felony first degree kidnapping
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor

The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities have not released further details about how the girl arrived in North Carolina or the circumstances of her recovery.

A police spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NTD News.

This case comes as High Point police continue to investigate other recent incidents involving missing juveniles and violent crime.

Missing Boy

In a separate case, detectives are searching for Chance Jenkins, a 15-year-old boy who has been missing for almost a week. Jenkins was last seen on June 11 in the area of E. Green Drive and Brentwood Street, according to a June 17 post on the department’s Facebook page.

Police are urging anyone with information about Jenkins’s whereabouts to contact the High Point Police Department or submit an anonymous tip to Crimestoppers of High Point.

The city has also seen a recent uptick in violent crime. On June 16, police announced that a second victim injured in a shooting on Terrell Drive last week had died. Tykese Warren, 23, of Greensboro, died at a local hospital after being found with multiple gunshot wounds alongside Shawn D. Zimmerman Jr., 19, of High Point, who died at the scene.

No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting, which marks the city’s second criminal homicide of 2025.

Anyone with information about any of these cases is encouraged to contact the High Point Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit at 336-883-3224 or provide anonymous tips through Crimestoppers of High Point by calling 336-889-4000 or using the P3 Tips mobile app.