Crime & Safety

Teen Missing From St. Gabe's Last Weekend Arrested in Abington

The 15-year-old boy who was reported missing from St. Gabriel's Hall on Saturday, Nov. 10, located the next day in the custody of Abington Police.

Lower Providence Patch has the details on the recovery of the teen who was reported missing from Saint Gabriel's Hall on Saturday, Nov. 10. 

The 15-year-old boy was reported missing from the residential center for delinquent youth in Audubon, on Saturday morning. Alerts had been issued that morning that authorities were looking for a 15-year-old black male, wearing grey pants and no shoes and possibly with blood on his clothes. 

According to Lower Providence Patch, the search with the teen began with a burglary at Houghton International, an industrial fluid business at 945 Madison Ave. in Audubon. Houghton employees reported the burglary at approximately 7:29 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10. West Norriton Police responded to a suspicious person call at approximately 8 a.m. where a witness reported she encountered a young black male wearing no shoes in the vicinity of S. Trooper Road and Norris Hall Lane, a short distance from Houghton International. 

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Lower Providence Police reported locating the teen on Sunday, Nov. 11, in the custody of Abington Police on charges of retail theft. He was transported to Lower Providence to face charges related to the burglary of Houghton International.

Read more about the search and eventual locating of the teen on Lower Providence Patch. 

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