Police Ask Public to Help Locating Missing Cranford Teen with Special Needs

CRANFORD, NJ — Police are looking for a teenager with special needs who walked away from his home in Cranford Sunday, July 7, around 2 p.m., according to a Nixle alert from Westfield police.

The young man, whose name is Petey, was reportedly seen one hour later at Home Goods in Clark, police said.

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Petey is 18 years old, has special needs, and he is attracted to trains.

In a Facebook post by Petey’s mother shared by Westfield police, she wrote that he had no phone, no money, no ID and no water. He may be carrying a basketball, she wrote.

Cranford Police are asking residents to view their surveillance cameras to determine whether Petey may have walked by. He may have had a baseball bag with a bat sticking out, according to witnesses.

Police ask that anyone with information call Cranford Police at 908-272-2222.

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