FCSO Statement: After further investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Major Case Unit and the State Attorney, Florida's 7th Circuit, an additional charge of principal to armed kidnapping of a minor has been added by the SAO against Junior Bishop, 15, who was arrested with Darnell Hairston in December 2025. Bishop and Hairston, a registered sexual offender, were arrested after the two were found traveling in a vehicle with a missing 11-year-old boy. In January, detectives determined Hairston kidnapped and physically abused the boy. Following a three-month investigation, detectives have determined Bishop was a co-conspirator in the kidnapping. During the investigation, detectives interviewed the victim and Bishop; conducted search warrants on Bishop’s cellphone, where they found that Bishop communicated with both the victim and Hairston leading up to the kidnapping; and obtained Bishop’s DNA and fingerprints. Bishop is being charged as an adult. He is already facing charges of aggravated fleeing and eluding, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, grand theft of a motor vehicle, reckless driving, driving without a license, and resisting an officer without violence.