This story was originally published Feb. 3, 2016.

A local hero — credited with helping to save a 5-year-old girl from abduction in July 2013 — is now wanted by police for robbery.

Temar Boggs, 18, of the 100 block of Lemon Street, has been identified as a suspect in a Dec. 17 robbery at 611 N. Plum St. It is believed Boggs has fled the Lancaster area.

Boggs was 15 years old on July 11, 2013, when he and Chris Garcia, then 13, trailed a car on bicycles to help find a girl taken and sexually assaulted by convicted rapist Harold Leroy Herr.

According to previous reports, Boggs and Garcia took action when they saw the missing girl riding in a vehicle in the Gable Park neighborhood where Boggs lived.

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The girl had been missing for more than two hours when the boys spotted the vehicle on Betz Farm Drive. They didn’t know the girl, but they followed the maroon vehicle on their bikes until the driver stopped and pushed the girl from the car.

The driver fled while the girl ran to Boggs, who carried her several blocks to her grandmother's nearby home in the 100 block of Jennings Drive.

They were able to give solid descriptions of the driver to police, and Herr was in custody within a day.

Both heroes were widely hailed in the aftermath of the rescue. College funds were set up in their names. They received Good Samaritan medals at McCaskey High School. And U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts praised Boggs and Garcia for their efforts on the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

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City police Lt. Todd Umstead confirmed Wednesday that the suspect is “one and the same” as the hero Boggs.

According to a Crime Stoppers release issued Wednesday, which offers a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to his arrest, Boggs was identified in a video of the Dec. 17 robbery.

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Lamel Yelverton, 16, was also charged in connection with the robbery. He was arrested Jan. 20 and charged as an adult, police said; he is being held at Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail.

Yelverton and Boggs both face felony charges of robbery and criminal conspiracy to commit robbery.

Lancaster police Sgt. William Hickey said Yelverton was charged as an adult because it was a felony involving a weapon. According to a surveillance video, which police released on Jan. 4, Boggs displayed a handgun during the robbery.

According to the criminal complaint, the robbers fled the store with $200 to $300 in cash after Boggs pointed a gun at the store owner. Yelverton told police he acted as lookout during the robbery.

The affidavit says both Boggs’ and Yelverton’s mothers positively identified Boggs as the second suspect in the video.

Boggs has connections in the Coatesville and Chambersburg areas, and police in both jurisdictions have been alerted to be on the lookout for him.

Anyone with information on the robbery or Boggs’ whereabouts is asked to call Officer Adam Dommel at 735-3466. Tipsters also may call Lancaster City/County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-322-1913 or anonymously text LANCS plus a message to 847411 (TIP411).