2-Year-Old Pasco County Boy Found

PORT RICHEY, FL — The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has announced that 2-year-old Bane Wheeler has been located. Deputies say Bane and his father Daniel Wheeler were located at a Dollar General store in Orlando Tuesday evening.

Earlier: The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Department of Law Enforcement are asking folks across the Tampa Bay area to keep their eyes open for a 2-year-old boy who has been reported as missing and endangered. FDLE has issued a Florida Amber Alert in the case.

Bane Wheeler is “believed to have been taken by his father during a possible custodial interference,” an email from the sheriff’s office said. Deputies say Bane’s father Daniel Wheeler, 30, took the boy from a daycare at 9446 U.S. 19 N. in Port Richey just before 10 a.m. Jan. 31.

Bane is described as standing 3 feet tall. He weighs 30 pounds and has blonde hair, blue eyes and was last seen wearing a green jacket, a black-and-blue plaid shirt, dark pants and black tennis shoes. Bane has a scar on the middle of his forehead and a skin tag on the inside of his left bicep, the email said.

Bane uses a nebulizer, the sheriff’s office noted. He currently has croup.

Daniel Wheeler was last seen wearing a camo jacket and possibly khaki shorts and black shoes. Deputies say he has “sky blue eyes” and is bald. Daniel Wheeler is believed to be driving a 2005 gray and black Nissan Altima with a Tennessee license plate of 9A47V9 on it.

Deputies say Daniel Wheeler also has multiple tattoos, including a flaming heart on his chest and the word "Wheeler" on his back. In addition, he has a cross on his upper arm left that says "Dustin" and one that reads "Bane" on his right arm.

Anyone who sees Bane or Daniel Wheeler is asked to call 911 immediately.

Photos courtesy of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office