WATCH: Dramatic car chase ends in discovery of missing Texas teen
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — Video released by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office shows the moment a missing teenager from Texas was found after a car chase.

Last Saturday, deputies spotted a car associated with the missing girl in Durbin Pavilion shopping center in St. Johns, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville.

The vehicle, driven by 19-year-old Jesus Esteban Arellano, sped away as deputies approached, prompting the chase.

The deputies in pursuit quickly utilized a precision immobilization technique, often referred to as a PIT maneuver, which forced the car to spin and then stop.

The sheriff’s office said Arellano was arrested on Texas warrants for five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

In addition to the Texas warrants, Arellano was charged with fleeing law enforcement, giving a false name and driving without a license.

The missing 16-year-old girl, who was not named, was safely recovered, officials said. She was identified as a “runaway.”

An officer in the video can be heard telling the girl, “You’re listed as a missing person like I told you before, for running away and stuff like that.”

No further information was immediately available.

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