Crime & Safety
Missing 10-Year-Old Boy Found Safe In St. Pete: Police
A 10-year-old boy last seen leaving his youth football practice Thursday night in St. Pete was found safe hours later, police said.
Updated: Friday, 12:20 p.m.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A 10-year-old boy last seen leaving his youth football practice in the Childs Park area Thursday night was found safe hours later, St. Petersburg police wrote in a Facebook post.
He walked away from practice around 8:30 p.m. and didn't immediately return home.
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Officers on foot and in patrol cars, as well as the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Eagle, searched for the boy.
Police didn't share where he was or how he was found.
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