Pasco Sheriff's deputies are searching for a missing 15-year-old boy last seen Friday afternoon in the Weston Oaks Drive area of Holiday. Javen Montgomery is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 130 pounds, with black eyes and brown hair.
According to a statement from the Pasco Sheriff
, Montgomery was last seen around 2 p.m. Friday near Weston Oaks Drive in Holiday. Deputies say he was wearing a black hoodie with a gray symbol, black pants, and black Nike shoes when he was last spotted. The case is being handled as a missing/runaway juvenile report, per the agency's post.
What Deputies Are Asking the Public to Do
Anyone with information about Montgomery's whereabouts is asked to call the Pasco Sheriff's Office non-emergency line at 727-847-8102, option 7, the agency said. Tips can also be submitted online through the sheriff's office website. The agency's social media account notes that it is not monitored around the clock, and residents with urgent, life-threatening information should instead call 911.
Florida's Statewide Clearinghouse for Missing Persons
Beyond local law enforcement, Florida maintains a dedicated system for tracking missing endangered-person cases statewide. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement describes the Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse, or MEPIC, as the state's central repository of information regarding missing endangered persons, built to assist both law enforcement agencies and Florida residents in locating people who have gone missing.
The department says anyone looking to report a missing person in Florida should first contact their local law enforcement agency before reaching out to MEPIC directly at (850) 410-8585 or 1-888-FL-MISSING. MEPIC is also the entity responsible for issuing AMBER, Spectrum, Missing Child, Purple and State Silver Alerts across the state, according to the department.
No further details about the circumstances of Montgomery's disappearance, including a case number or additional search information, have been released. The Pasco Sheriff's Office, which serves communities across west central Florida, has not provided an updated timeline beyond the initial Friday sighting in Holiday.
