Reno police found the 12- and 13-year-old girls at the Kietzke Lane Walmart at around midnight on Tuesday.
"They called us because they were cold and hungry," Reno Police Department Sgt. Chris Lang said.
The girls are being held at the Jan Evans Juvenile Detention Center as runaways and to check on their welfare, police said.
Meanwhile, Reno police arrested Blake Holmes, 18, of Ridgecrest, Calif., on four counts of sexual assault on a minor younger than 14 three counts of lewdness with a minor. His bail was set at $110,000.
Police said he formed a relationship with the girls over the Internet and then brought them to the Reno area in a stolen vehicle.
NEWS REPORT FROM THE DAILY INDEPENDENT, RIDGECREST, CA. LOCAL NEWSPAPER:
Ridgecrest, Calif. — A Reno television story, which the embed video code can be found below, suggest two Ridgecrest teens may be in Reno after leaving town early Monday with an 18 year old male. Stevie Ann Duff and Larissa Ann Brown allegedly left Ridgecrest at 2 a.m., according to a report from KTVN in Reno. The 18 year old, which KTVN identified as Blake Holmes, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being in possession of a stolen car.
From the report on KTVN: Stevie Ann Duff is a 12-year-old white, female. She's described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and 110 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black Converse shoes.
Larissa Ann Brown is a 13-year-old white, female. She's 5 feet tall and 105 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark, blue jacket (made by either Hollister or American Eagle), dark jeans and dark shoes. She was also said to be carrying a black backpack with stars.