On February 9th, 2016 at about 09:00 hours Richland officers
were dispatched to the area of 1237 Columbia Park Trail on a welfare
check. Officers were told a 9 year of
age male was seen in the area of the river by himself and that the juvenile had
told the caller he was skipping school.
Officers searched the area for the juvenile locating his father in the
process who was also looking for him. It
was suspected the juvenile was hiding on Bateman Island to avoid his
father. Additional officers and
resources were called to the area to help search. The juvenile was located by officers hiding
in an adjacent apartment complex parking lot.
He was unharmed and reunited with his family.