Crime & Safety
Update: Missing 15-Year-Old From Bergen County Found Safe
A missing 15-year-old girl last seen leaving Lodi on Nov. 2 was found safe on Monday, police said.
LODI, NJ - Iris Rivera, the 15-year-old Lodi girl who had been missing since Nov. 2, was found safe at 1:30 p.m. Monday, borough police tweeted.
"Thanks to all involved in assisting the (police department) in efforts to locate her," the department said in the tweet.
Previous reporting:
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The girl was last seen, police said, wearing gray sweatpants, a gray hoodie and white sneakers walking toward Hasbrouck Heights.
Rivera goes by multiple nicknames, including Maddie, Niyah and Jaylen, according to a flier that was shared by Garfield fire officials. She was also described as 5-foot-3-inches and 110 pounds with green/hazel eyes and brown hair.
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Lodi Police Juvenile Detective Legrand Castro addressed a video message to the teen directly on Saturday:
“Iris, if you are listening, everybody wants you home,” Castro, who is also a Lodi High School resource officer, said in a video posted to the police department’s Facebook page. “Everybody is concerned for you."
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