Missing 15-year-old from Pennsylvania found nearly a year later in NC, man facing multiple charges

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WTVD) -- A North Carolina man is facing multiple charges after authorities said a missing 15-year-old girl from Pennsylvania was found in his home.

According to the High Point Police Department, the teen went missing in 2024.

Police said officers and detectives responded to a home in the 2000 block of Treyburn Lane to follow up on information that a teen who was reported missing was living in the home.

Authorities said 32-year-old Joseph Rossomando, of High Point, was found at the home with child sexual abuse material. Detectives said they executed a search warrant at Rossomando's home, where they found several electronic devices.

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He was taken into custody and has been charged with:

• 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

Rossomando is being held at the Guilford County Jail with no bond.

Police said the teen is safe and is receiving support services.