Crime & Safety

Police Track Down Teen Runaways

Authorities used GPS to locate the boy and girl who ran away the day before Valentine's Day

A 16-year-old Westlake boy and 15-year-old Avon Lake girl both cut school on Feb. 13 and ran away together.

They took a 2000 Hyundai Tiburon belonging to the boy’s father, according to Westlake Police.

Police used their GPS to track the teen runaways to central Ohio on Interstate 71.

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The Mt. Gilead State Highway Patrol post was alerted. They found and stopped the boy and girl.

Both were turned over to their parents for punishment.

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