Police believe Huntington man might have tried to abduct 2nd minor

BOISE — Police believe Adam Hunter Harmel, the 39-year-old Huntington man arrested Nov. 1 and accused of bringing a 15-year-old Utah girl to Oregon in May 2025 with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, has tried to abduct at least one other minor. In a memo filed Nov. 9 in U.S. District Court in Utah, U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jawayria Z. Auchter wrote that “there is evidence that Defendant attempted to abduct at least one other minor. This evidence has led law enforcement to request information from victims nationwide.” The memo doesn’t say when, or where, the second alleged abduction happened. A federal grand jury on Nov. 10 indicted Harmel on one count of “transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.” The memo prosecutors filed Nov.

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