Police seek runaway boys
Published:Friday | May 9, 2008 | 12:24 PM
The police in St. Mary were seeking to locate two boys who ran away from the Swift Percell Boys Home at Bellfield in the parish.
The boys, both 15 years old have been identified as Oshane Gray of 11 McVickers Lane, Old Harbour St. Catherine and Stephen Reid of Scheleston Drive, Mandeville in Manchester.
The boys who are wards of the state and who were being housed at the Home in Bellfield, were discovered missing around 6.30 a.m. yesterday morning, while breakfast was being served.
The police said Gray is of slim build, dark complexion about 162 centimeters tall and was wearing a grey shorts and a grey striped shirt when he went missing.
Reid, who is also of slim build, is of fair complexion, 157 centimeters tall and was wearing a green T-shirt and blue shorts with white stripes.
The police are asking anyone who may have seen the boys or know of their whereabouts to call the Bellfield Police, the Swift Percell Boys Home, the 119 emergency numbers, or the nearest police station.