A former Ohio teacher has been charged after authorities alleged he knowingly allowed a missing underage teen girl to stay at his home despite being aware she had been reported missing.

Jobe Binkley, 48, of Springfield, Ohio, has been charged with one count of interference with custody, a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.

The girl had been missing for 263 days after running away from a youth shelter in Columbus on Dec. 2, 2025, WSYX and The New York Post reported.

The outlets reported Binkley was the girl’s former high school science…

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