Police Seek Help Finding Teenage Runaway

ar-160928476Police are asking for help finding a teen runaway who escaped from his foster care custody of the second time this month.

The teen, Tipton Lamar “T.J.” Jones, 14, was seen last on Sept. 23 at a foster home in Denver.

Jones is 120 pounds and 5-feet-5-inches tall with brown eyes and brown hair.

Earlier this month, Jones also ran away. He was picked up on a secure custody order 10 days later and put in a juvenile detention center briefly before he was released to the Department of Social Services and put in the foster home.

Jones was scheduled to appear Monday in juvenile court.

Police ask anyone with information on the location of Jones to call the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 704-732-9050, Lincoln County Communications at 704-735-8202 or Crime Stoppers at 704-736-8909.

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