Over 150 Missing Children Found by North Carolina Police
On 5/20/21 at 10:40 AM EDT
More than 150 missing children have been recovered in 2021 as part of an extensive police operation in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area.
During a press conference on Wednesday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) confirmed that it had recovered at least 157 runaway and missing juveniles as part of a search called Operation Carolina Homecoming.
The department said that its Missing Persons Unit had recovered more than 130 children in the first four months of the year, according to the
Charlotte Observer, before finding an additional 27 between April 26 and May 7.
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Updated: 10:39 AM EDT May 19, 2021
HOLLAND, Michigan After a 20-month investigation, detectives with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office have taken a man into custody for his alleged involvement in a fatal hit-and-run crash.
Police say Sebastian Abel Villarreal, who was 22 at the time, was the driver in a September 2019 hit-and-run crash that killed 41-year-old Melissa Yates. Investigators say a fight broke out between two sets of people in a Holland parking lot. During the fight, Yates was knocked to the ground and was hit with the front end of the vehicle, a 2016 Dodge Charger. Yates later died from her injuries.
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May 19, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced Wednesday that over 150 missing juveniles are now safe after a successful operation brought them home.
During a weekly press conference, the police department joined with several of its partners shared the success of the Operation Carolina Homecoming, which was a collaborative effort focused on the recovery of missing and runaway juveniles in the Charlotte area where previous efforts to locate them had been unsuccessful.
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Prior to the start of the operation, work by Detectives and Marshals resulted in the recovery of more than 130 missing and runaway juveniles. After preliminary efforts, officials launched the intensive recovery efforts of Operation Carolina Homecoming.
Operation Carolina Homecoming Locates and Brings more than 150 Missing Juveniles Home 5/19/2021
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Charlotte, N.C. – (Wednesday, May 19, 2021) – During this morning s weekly press conference, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department joined with several of its partners to share the success of Operation Carolina Homecoming, which was a collaborative effort focused on the recovery of missing and runaway juveniles in the Charlotte area where previous efforts to locate them had been unsuccessful.
Prior to the start of the operation, work by Detectives and Marshals resulted in the recovery of more than 130 missing and runaway juveniles. Following this preliminary effort, Detectives and Marshals launched the intensive recovery efforts of Operation Carolina Homecoming. Between April 26 and May 7, 2021, two-person teams consisting of CMPD s Missing Person Unit detectives, United