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Missing Teen Turns Up In Connecticut

Update: James "Jed" Breen, 17, a Phillips Exeter Academy student, had been missing since last night around 5 p.m.

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Update, 3:46 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2017: Jason Schreiber of the New Hampshire Union Leader is reporting that missing Phillips Exeter Academy student, James Breen, has contacted officials and is safe in Hartford, CT, according to reports on Twitter.

The original report is below.

EXETER, NH — Local and state police are searching for a Phillips Exeter Academy student who went missing last night after being treated at Exeter Hospital, according to alerts online. James “Jed” Breen, 17, reportedly fled the hospital after just after 5 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2017, Exeter Police stated on Facebook. He was last seen taking a left from Gilman Street toward the PEA trails.

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Breen is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs around 125 lbs., and has brown hair and brown eyes. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Exeter NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

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Breen was last seen wearing a gray polo shirt with tan shorts and flip flops.

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Assisting in the search are the New Hampshire State Police, NH Fish and Game and PEA Security and Personnel. Anyone with any information is asked to please contact The Exeter Police Department Dispatch 603-772-1212.

Credit: Screenshot of Rockingham Alert Facebook page.

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