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15-year-old juvenile reported runaway after family disturbanceUpland IN

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N 8th St, Upland, IN 46989

According to the dispatch call, a 15-year-old male juvenile is reported as a runaway after leaving his home near North 8th Street in Upland, Indiana, following a disturbance with his father. Officers are searching the area to locate the juvenile and ensure his safety due to cold weather conditions.

Audio|Heard on: Grant County Public Safety
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05:30
Transcript:
00:00
Grant County is a missing juvenile, 15-year-old male wearing black coat and black pants,
00:05
home address near W Berry Ave in Upland, Indiana.
00:09
582 W Berry Ave was running home from near North 8th Street, Pierce Church,
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to the 582 W Berry Ave address.
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It was due back a half an hour ago,
00:21
never returned.
00:23
Name is (name withheld), age 15, (name withheld).
00:26
It's located Holden Advise, Grant County, 1948.
00:33
National City Low, holding around.
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712.
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20, same traffic.
00:48
2nd 2nd 2nd 2.
00:51
Grand Central am, here in June 2.
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Show me out with 1344.
00:57
Same room 2.
01:02
Central 1312 and 1024 assist.
01:08
1312. 1312.
01:09
1312.
01:13
Central 1344 vehicle search.
01:18
1344. 1344.
01:26
1314 139
01:32
1314 139
01:35
Go ahead
01:38
Are you clear on uplands missing juvenile? I believe up on here it's tied up on a traffic stop.
01:44
Do we just start off there to help look at near East 22
01:51
Affirmative, I'm clear on the call.
01:53
You can start that way and start driving the side roads, check for them.
02:01
Area, Central Sleazy 1.
02:03
I'm back available.
02:04
Do you have anything pending in my area?
02:09
Negative.
02:14
Sleazy 1. Go ahead and show me off duty.
02:21
Sleazy 1.
02:26
49 in the area, Pierce Church.
02:35
1320.
02:37
2720, 2712, do you have the drone?
02:43
The apartment is.
02:48
Clear.
02:54
For officers 213 East Vine Street, Bunker Hill, 213 East Main Street,
02:59
they're advising females having a bipolar episode, male attempted to shove pills down the females throat,
03:06
213 East Vine Street.
03:13
213 East Vine Street, Bunker Hill, 213 East Bunker Hill, 213 East Bunker Hill.
03:21
Very Central Fairmount out of 50.
03:30
All for our unit to clear the scene, releasing the fire office back in service.
03:36
5.50.
03:44
He is responding reference the missing juvenile.
03:47
The father TX back, he's advising he was laughing running down 3rd Street towards Red Barn Ministries.
03:54
The father is currently at the elementary school looking around the area.
04:00
Also, the 15-year-old is mad about something.
04:03
This was a disturbance between father and son and he ran off.
04:12
Central, 2712.
04:18
2712.
04:21
2712. So it's going to be a missing, not a missing juvenile, but a runaway juvenile.
04:29
At this point, affirmative.
04:34
712.
04:40
Central 2720, do we know if he had any people in the area that he knew or a cell phone line?
04:50
The father did not advise he would have been at any friend's house.
04:55
I'm unsure about the cell phone.
04:56
His dad's at the elementary school.
05:05
I'll still be in route.
05:07
due to the cold weather to make sure he's not out somewhere in it.
05:14
Okay.
05:17
Central 2712.
05:19
If you're still on TX with that, if you could just have him return to his residence,
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that way there's someone there.
05:25
It's cold and 50 ran away.
05:27
He'll be back shortly.
05:28
There's several officers in route to check the area.

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N 8th St, Upland, IN 46989

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Incident Timeline

  1. Juvenile Returned Home Safely
  2. Mother Arrives to Retrieve Juvenile
  3. Juvenile Located Near Taylor University Campus
  4. Search Area Noted Near Elementary School and Jefferson Street
  5. Search Expanded to Local Businesses
  6. Juvenile Identified as Colton Sparks
  7. Search Conducted Around Walkover Bridge and Washington Street
  8. Classification Updated to Runaway Juvenile
  9. Initial Report of Missing Juvenile

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