HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — Hernando County deputies say a missing 15-year-old girl, who got off at the wrong school bus stop Wednesday afternoon, has been found safe. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office said she's in good health and has been returned to her family.
Alessandra Brown was reported missing after getting off at a bus stop on California Street near a friend's home, deputies said in an earlier statement.
Law enforcement said Brown's bus stop is not on or near California Street, and she was not at her friend's house when deputies checked.
The 15-year-old did not have a cell phone and it was unknown if she had any other friends in the area of California Street.
Before she was found, she was believed to have been seen sometime after 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday in the area of the Ace Hardware store on Jefferson Street – near Tom Varn Park – in Brooksville, an area where Brown did not reside, deputies noted.
