'Teen Mom' Jenelle Evans' 14-Year-Old Son Jace Found Safe After Being Reported as a Runaway

Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans' son, Jace, has been found after cops launched a search for the 14-year-old, RadarOnline.com has learned. Brunswick County Sheriff's Department in North Carolina believed the MTV personalities child ran away from home, revealing he was last seen around 2:45 PM on Tuesday while leaving school.

The sheriff's department put out an alert, asking the community to be on the lookout for a "runaway juvenile." Evans' son was last spotted leaving Roger Bacon Academy in the Maco Road area of Leland and "wearing a gray sweatshirt with 'Classical Charter Schools of America' written on it," according to the department's Facebook post.

The police also noted that if Jace removed his sweatshirt, he would be wearing a navy shirt. They asked anyone with information to call 911. Almost one hour after alerting the public, they shared an update, revealing that Jace had been found and is safe.

TMZ was the first to report his disappearance after speaking to Evans' longtime estranged mother, Barbara, who had custody of Jace when he was younger.

Evans addressed Jace's disappearance.

"As a boy mom, kids can act up and rebel as I'm sure the majority of us all once did as kids too. Jace, got in trouble at school, we decided to take his phone away and that's when he decided to run off, Jace is a good kid and we're not dealing with anything that most families don't deal with while raising children, this has absolutely nothing to do with my situation with David, we do not argue in front of our children or fight in front of our kids. This is a teenage boy being a teenager mad that we decided to take his phone away," she told TMZ.

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