Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Missing Copiague Teenager Found

Justin Morales, 14, was reported missing and has been found, police say.

Justin Morales was reported missing Tuesday by family, police said.
Justin Morales was reported missing Tuesday by family, police said. (Shuttershock)

COPIAGUE, NY — A Copiague teenager who was reported missing has been found unharmed, Suffolk County police announced Wednesday.

Justin Morales, 14, was last seen leaving his Hawkins Boulevard home on Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m., police said, and was riding a purple and black spray-painted mountain bike. He was reported missing by a family member around 8:30 p.m., police said.

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