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Monday, February 25, 2013

Police Use Tracker Bracelet to Find Missing Lake Elmo Boy

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is crediting the SafetyNet by LoJach program, and its tracker bracelet, for quickly locating a 7-year-old boy who wandered from his home Sunday afternoon in Lake Elmo.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office located a missing 7-year-old Lake Elmo boy on Sunday by using a tracking signal emitted from his bracelet. Deputies were called at 1:27 p.m. Feb. 24 on a report of a missing child in the area of the Cimarron Mobile Home Park and Golf Course in Lake Elmo. Several officers responded to the area to begin the search, along with the Minnesota State Patrol helicopter, Det. Sgt. Lonnie Van Klei said in a news release. Upon receiving the 911 call, dispatchers identified the child as a participant in the Washington County Sheriff's Office SafetyNet by LoJack program who could be located with a program bracelet. A team of first responders trained to use the program’s search and rescue equipment were dispatched…

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Woodbury Authorities Find Missing 10-Year-Old Boy

The child was found a little before 8 p.m. in a wooded area near a park.

Woodbury authorities have located a 10-year-old boy who went missing at about 5 p.m. Thursday. He was found in a wooded area near a park not far from his home, which is at the 2400 block of Cottage Grove Drive. Woodbury police, firefighters, a K9 unit from Washington County and neighbors were part of the search party. The child came home after school but later left, said Tom Frazer, a communications coordinator with Washington County. The boy lives in the Stonemill Farms neighborhood. Frazer said he has no behavioral problems. Woodbury Cmdr. Kris Mienert said the boy's siblings saw him come home and grab his shoes and jacket. Authorities checked area schools and playgrounds, she said. An officer in the area at about 8 p.m. said they had …

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