A 45-year-old man reported missing out of Port Richey has been found safe, the Pasco Sheriff's Office announced Thursday afternoon. Dustin St. Pierre had last been seen around 1:50 p.m. in the Gray Fox Lane area, prompting deputies to search for him before confirming he had been located unharmed.
Search Launched After Afternoon Sighting
According to the Pasco Sheriff
, St. Pierre had been classified as missing and endangered, and deputies searched for him after he was last spotted near Gray Fox Lane in Port Richey. He was described as bald with brown eyes, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing around 140 pounds. At the time he went missing, he was last seen wearing blue jeans and carrying a camouflage backpack.
The sheriff's office also noted that St. Pierre may have been driving a white scooter bearing Florida tag FG0484, a detail included in the original alert as deputies worked to track his whereabouts. Within hours, the same agency posted an update confirming the search had ended with St. Pierre found safe. No further details on where or when he was located, or the circumstances surrounding the search, were released.
Agency Reminds Public of Reporting Channels
The Pasco Sheriff's Office had asked anyone with information on St. Pierre's whereabouts to call its non-emergency line at 727-847-8102, option 7, or dial 911 in an emergency. The agency also accepts tips online through pascosheriff.com/tips. Officials noted that the office's social media account is not monitored around the clock, underscoring that emergencies should still be directed to 911 rather than posted online.
The department has also reported a missing-person case that ended in a safe recovery. In a separate case, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported that a teenage girl who had been reported missing was also found safe, according to FOX 13 News, though no other details were released in that case either. As with St. Pierre's case, the outcome came without an explanation of where the person had been found.
