3 yr. old Meliek Simmons missing from Orlando *found*

[Pennie]

http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news...missing-boy,-3

By Mark Jenkins, News 13 Reporter
Last Updated: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:14 AM
ORLANDO --
Police in Orlando are trying to find a missing 3-year-old they fear could be in trouble.

Police say Meliek Simmons is supposed to be in the care of his uncle, Calvin Reed, Sr.

The two left a home on the 4200 block of Cynthia Street Saturday, but they never returned.

Family members say Reed has a past history of drug use and has been to drug treatment programs several times.

Reed was last seen driving a 1996 tan Sierra Oldsmobile with Florida license tag W461PK.

http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/24059372/detail.html




Crossing my fingers that the little guy is found unharmed.

[badfish76]

Brilliant! Leave the three year old with the known junkie! Allow them to just walk out of the house together.

Sorry folks, but I have a bad feeling about this.

[Pennie]

Missing boy, 3, found alive
http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news...3,-found-alive

ORLANDO --
A 3-year-old boy who was reported missing Saturday has been found alive.

Orlando police say they found Meliek Simmons with his uncle during a traffic stop on Old Winter Garden Road and Silverton Street.

Meliek Simmons hadn't been seen since Saturday after leaving home with an uncle.

"He's never pulled no stunt like this," said Ciara Simmons, mother.

Simmons says Calvin Reed, Sr. took her son to register online for food stamps but never came home.

"He'd go over to my auntie house, use the computer and come right back. But he's never taken my son this long and it's been a whole day."

The pair left the house Saturday around noon.

[akika666]

the whole story is crazy. why would he take a child to register for food stamps "online?" is the 3 yo a hacker?

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A man has been arrested after investigators said he took his 3-year-old nephew to buy crack cocaine.
[...]

According to the arrest report, Reed admitted to smoking the crack cocaine behind the lifted hood of the car so Meliek would not witness him getting high.
[...]

At the time of Reed's arrest, an officer noted that Meliek appeared to be dirty and smelled of urine but did not appear to have any visible injuries.

Reed was charged with child neglect and is currently being held at the Orange County Jail on $1,000 bond.

http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news...w-to-buy-crack