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LINCOLNTON, N.C. — The Lincolnton Police Department said two runaway teens have been found safe over a thousand miles away from home.
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Investigators said 17-year-old Josiah Coffey and 16-year-old Jennifer Black were last seen around 9 a.m. Sunday leaving the Bojangles' on East Main Street in Lincolnton.
According to police, the teens were found in Kansas Tuesday and their parents are making arrangements to pick them up.
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