An 11-year-old Arkansas girl paid a taxi driver $1,300 to take her to meet a boy in Florida, but authorities caught up with the runaway in Georgia, and found her safe, after her parents reported her missing.

Bryant police used mobile phone records to determine the girl hailed the cab in Little Rock after talking to a 16-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, boy she met two years ago, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

She had stolen the money from her grandmother.

Ellis Houston, a managing partner with Greater Little Rock Transportation Services, which operates the local Yellow Cab service, said the driver was not charged and is not facing disciplinary action, adding: "Maybe he lacked a little bit of judgment."

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