FOUND HIM: Missing And Endangered Deerfield Beach Teenager Has Been Found

by News Desk | May 18, 2022 · 5:00 pm | Deerfield Beach News

BSO Needs Your Help Finding 16-Year-Old Jahwon Galette From Deerfield Beach

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FOUND HIM: Missing And Endangered Deerfield Beach Teenager Has Been Found

BSO Has Found Missing 16-Year-Old Jahwon Galette From Deerfield Beach

Bso Needs Your Help Finding 16-Year-Old Jahwon Galette From Deerfield Beach

Bso Needs Your Help Finding 16-Year-Old Jahwon Galette From Deerfield Beach

UPDATE – 5/18/22

Broward Sheriff’s Office tells Boca Post that Jahwon Galette has been found and is safe.

From BSO:

Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit have located 16-year-old Jahwon Galette.
According to detectives, Galette returned home and is in good condition. A missing person alert was issued on Thursday, May 12, after Galette was last seen around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 11, near the 500 block of Northeast 39th Street in Deerfield Beach. 
Originally published by Boca Post on 5/12/22

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL (Boca Post) — Broward Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding 16-year-old Jawhwon Galette from Deerfield Beach who has been missing since yesterday, May 11th, 2022.

From BSO:

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help to locate a 16-year-old juvenile missing from Deerfield Beach.
Detectives say Jahwon Galette was last seen at around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 11, near the 500 block of Northeast 39th Street in Deerfield Beach. Galette was last seen wearing a lime green shirt with multicolor letters, dark blue jeans and black “Nike” slides. He is 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighs approximately 350 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.
According to Galette’s family, he suffers from mental illness and requires medication.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact BSO Detective Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-HELP (4357).
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