Crime & Safety

Missing 12-Year-Old Last Seen In Asbury Park: Police

An Asbury Park 12-year-old has been missing since Friday, authorities said. Have you seen him?

An Asbury Park 12-year-old has been missing since Friday, authorities said. Have you seen him?
An Asbury Park 12-year-old has been missing since Friday, authorities said. Have you seen him? (Asbury Park Police Department)

ASBURY PARK, NJ - An Asbury Park 12-year-old has been missing since Friday, authorities said.

A’yon Lentz was last seen around 5 p.m. in the Vita Gardens apartment complex in the city, Asbury Park police said in a statement.

Lentz is described as a Black male, 5-feet-four-inches weighing 120 pounds and possibly wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans and black boots.

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Lentz is known to frequent Vita Gardens, Lincoln Village and The Spot, police said.

Those with information regarding Lentz’s whereabouts are urged to contact Detective Lemar Whittaker of the Asbury Park Police Department at (732)7741300 or Detective Dawn Correia of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office at (732)431-7160.

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