10-year-old boy reported missing after school in New Bedford, New Bedford MA

Missing Person

Reported: 10/21/2025 02:37 PM

Phillips Rd & Heritage Dr, New Bedford, MA 02745

A 10-year-old boy was reported missing after not returning from his after school program near Heritage Dr and Phillips Rd in New Bedford. The boy was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and gray sweatshirt. Police are contacting the school and gathering more information about his whereabouts.

Audio|Source: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS

02:21

Transcript:

00:00

Heritage Drive and Phillips Road.

00:02

Caller is going to be grandmother seeing that her grandson has not come home from his after school program. It's going to be a black male for 10 years old, wearing a black t-shirt and gray sweatshirt.

00:12

I've seen at Blasky at 2 p.m. working on getting more information now.

00:21

Okay, well, can you call to school so you pay possible to know where the child is?

00:25

That's right. We're working on that.

00:33

Thirty-five control.

00:35

Thirty-five.

00:37

You can clear me off of this. MSP took over the AC.

00:42

Ten-four.

00:44

Twenty-four.

00:48

You can't. You can tell me.

00:50

You can show me 16.

01:02

10-4[1].

01:09

EMS for automatic 7.

01:18

Central 8.7.

01:25

Controls with 31-11. 31. 31. 31.

01:30

That's very well.

01:34

Taffey, Portugal, 1282 a cushioned out for a welfare check on a male wearing a gray sweatshirt and light gray pants, looks to be in a 50, somewhere around, Chris to be on 94 C.

01:44

Now walking towards Cogall.

01:50

Okay.

01:58

PITG, under control, under the new mileage 1.3. 10-4[1].

02:07

After email, I was trying to get your attention.

02:14

Control is 36B8-5, the grandmother had put us on hold before giving the last name, stating that the school was calling her.

Police codes explained

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[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message has been received and understood.

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Phillips Rd & Heritage Dr, New Bedford, MA 02745

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