A Kentucky woman who had a nationwide warrant out for her arrest after she allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old female minor was reportedly arrested Tuesday in Michigan with the same girl.

Tiffany Shepherd, 27, of Lexington, was arrested Tuesday in Bangor, Michigan, and appeared for an arraignment hearing Wednesday in a Van Buren County courtroom on a charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and kidnapping, according to jail records and the Herald-Palladium.

Bangor is roughly 30 miles west of Kalamazoo in western Michigan.

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The Bangor Police Department said in a news release it received a tip Tuesday that a juvenile runaway was staying at an apartment in the city.

Bangor Police Chief Tommy Simpson told the Herald-Palladium that Shepherd was believed to be staying with relatives.

Shepherd had several outstanding warrants for her arrest, including a nationwide warrant after she left Kentucky earlier in October with the juvenile, Bangor police said.

Police went to an apartment Tuesday night on West Monroe Street in Bangor and, after receiving permission to enter, found the 15-year-old girl in a closet and Shepherd in the same bedroom, Simpson told the Michigan newspaper.

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Simpson said Shepherd and the girl had been staying in the apartment in Bangor for a week before authorities made the arrest.

“We discovered sexual conduct going on here as well,” Simpson reportedly said.

Simpson said Shepherd and the girl allegedly left Kentucky earlier this month in a rented U-Haul truck and stayed at various places along the way before arriving in Michigan.

Shepherd was arrested in August 2018 in Lexington and charged with two counts each of first-degree sexual abuse and third-degree sodomy, the Lexington Herald-Leader previously reported. She posted $7,500 bail in that case, according to court records.

The case in Lexington involved the same minor, according to the Herald-Palladium.

Shepherd remains held in the Van Buren County Jail in lieu of a $250,000 bond and has a court date set for Oct. 30, according to jail records.

The 15-year-old girl was turned over the Van Buren County Juvenile Court, according to the Bangor Police Department.

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