Micah Thomas, 12, Maine missing. FOUND OK

[Lady Cop]

new alert, more info is needed about him.
i hope he just went to a friend's house.

BDN
DRESDEN, Maine — The Maine Warden Service has issued a report of a missing Dresden boy.

Micah Thomas, 12, has been reported missing from Dresden. He was last seen when dropped off by school bus at 3:00 p.m. wednesday at the intersection of 52 Eagle Lodge Lane and Route 127 in Dresden. His father, Peter Thomas, reported Micah missing to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office at approximately 3:40 p.m. when Micah did not arrive home and could not be located. The Maine Warden Service was then called at approximately 5:50 p.m. and deployed ground searchers and K9 teams. A local resident did report seeing a child a short distance away at East Pittston Road at approximately 4:00 p.m.

If anyone has information that might assist police in finding Micah, please call Lincoln County dispatch at 207-882-7332.

[Lady Cop]

BDN

DRESDEN, Maine — Searchers Thursday morning followed footprints in the snow believed to have been left by a missing 12-year-old boy.

The prints were the right size and from the right make of boot to have been made by Micah Thomas, said Maine Warden Service Lt. Kevin Adam.

Michah was wearing L.L. Bean boots, blue jeans and a blue Aeropostale hooded sweatshirt when he disappeared Wednesday, Adam said. He was also carrying a gray and red backpack.

“I’ve seen nothing so far to indicate foul play,” Adam said Thursday morning.

Searchers are focusing on an area around the East Pittston Road in Dresden. There was a report that Micah was sighted in the area around 4 p.m. Wednesday. This is where the footprints were found.

A search dog attempting to follow the tracks caught a human scent but later lost it, Adam said.

Thomas, who is 5’3” and weighs about 90 pounds, was reported missing from Dresden Wednesday afternoon. The middle school student was last seen when dropped off by school bus at 3 p.m. at the intersection of 52 Eagle Lodge Lane and Route 127 in Dresden.

His stepfather, Peter Thomas, reported Micah missing to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office at approximately 3:40 p.m. when Micah did not arrive home and could not be located. The Maine Warden Service was then called at approximately 5:50 p.m. and deployed ground searchers and K9 teams.

On Thursday morning, about 50 people — using dogs, boats and planes — continued the search for Micah. In addition to the Warden Service, personnel from the Maine Marine Patrol, Maine Forest Service, Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, Dresden Fire Department and the private Maine Search and Rescue are participating in the search.

If anyone has information that might assist police in finding Micah, please call Lincoln County dispatch at 207-882-7332.

[Lady Cop]

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[Cracker]

Did he just walk off, LC? Is the stepfather suspected at all?

Yesterday was a bad day to be 12.

[Lady Cop]

there is a complete dearth of information, i've been pursuing it all morning.
i know nothing about stepdad.
i hope the kid is at a friend's and being a pain in the ass.

i've emailed BDN news reporter to ask for more info on parents. sometimes i get a response, sometimes not.

[Lady Cop]

searchers walking towards nearby river. i hope he didn't decide to go play on the ice. it can't be trusted.

[Lady Cop]

who/where are both parents?

one comment in news online said he had a fight on the school bus.
i never know whether to believe the comments section.


WCSH6

[Lady Cop]

About 50 rescuers, including civilian search teams and local and state government responders, focused much of their search around East Pittston Road and Blinn Hill Road. The search includes water, air and land.

Pickup trucks belonging to the Maine Warden Service and Maine Forest Service gathered at the Pine Grove Cemetery on Blinn Hill Road to scour the woods in the area. Warden and ranger trucks, as well as vehicles belonging to citizen volunteers, were parked along logging roads and turnoffs throughout the town. Searchers using a boat checked the banks of the Eastern River.

Rescuers are carrying global positioning systems to track the areas they search. That information is fed by wardens into computers at the search command center at Pownalborough Hall adjacent to the fire station on Route 197.

Information gathered by searchers is uploaded to a computer on board a Maine Forest Service helicopter to ensure full coverage of the search area, said Ranger Lt. Jeff Currier.

Steve Lavoie, principal at Hall-Dale Middle School where Thomas is a seventh-grade honors student and cross-country runner, said he had talked to the boy's parents who are involved in the search effort.

"I've talked to them about the situation in general and how we can be of support," Lavoie said.

[Jezreel]

I hope this sweet boy is found safe and soon, thanks for the updates.

[username]

Where are you Micah?

I hope this one turns out okay but I never have a good feeling when they're missing overnight.

[Lady Cop]

FOUND OK!

DRESDEN, Maine -- The search for a missing Dresden boy ended Thursday afternoon.

Warden Kevin Adams found 12-year-old Micah Thomas in a smelt shack on the Eastern River.

Thomas was said to be okay, but was being treated at the scene.

Thomas had been missing since Wednesday afternoon when he was dropped off by a school bus at 3 p.m. at the intersection of Eagle Lodge Lane and Route 127.

His father reported him missing around 3:40 p.m. when he did not arrive home and he could not find him.

[username]

Yayyy! I'm glad he's safe.

[ramseycat]

I'm glad he is safe too. I would like to know what he was doing in that shack though.

[Lady Cop]

followup
BDN
DRESDEN, Maine — The worst of circumstances led to the best of outcomes Thursday when a missing 12-year-old Dresden boy was found cold and scared but alive and well after a night spent lost on the shore of the Eastern River.

Micah Thomas, who disappeared Wednesday after being dropped off by a school bus near his home at Eagle Lodge Lane, told rescuers Thursday afternoon that he knew people were searching for him as darkness fell Wednesday night.

“He knew he was being looked for. He said he tried hollering to the searchers but he got hoarse,” said Maj. Gregg Sanborn of the Maine Warden Service. “Basically, he spent the night in the wilderness on the shore of the river.”

Dozens of searchers spent Wednesday night and most of Thursday searching for Thomas about three miles from his home on East Pittston Road, where someone had spotted him about an hour after he disappeared.

At 2 p.m. Thursday, just as Maine Warden Service Lt. Kevin Adam was telling reporters that searchers hadn’t found anything, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Rand Maker came over and whispered to Adam that Micah had been located moments before.

According to Sanborn, a volunteer searcher on foot saw the boy from across the Eastern River just as a Maine Marine Patrol boat was coming close. The volunteer waved down the boat, which then took Micah to the safety of his mom and stepfather, Laura and Peter Thomas. Sanborn said the boy’s lower half of his body was wet and that he had removed his boots — a sign that hypothermia was setting in.

“He’s very lucky,” said Sanborn. “It’s a good thing we found him today.”

Adam said the search on Thursday had concentrated on the east side of the river because that’s where Micah was seen last.

“I don’t know how he got across the river,” said Adam. “He was wet from the waist down.”

Maria Morris of West Bath, who is Micah’s grandmother, said the boy’s family endured Wednesday night in terror.

“It was horrible, the worst night of my life,” she said. Members of the family spent much of the time driving local roads, looking for the boy. The good news came by a phone call. Rob Morris, Micah’s grandfather, said the relief was intense and immediate.

“There’s still a lot of pent-up emotion in here,” said Morris as Micah was being checked by medical personnel in a nearby ambulance. “We were hoping for the best and here it’s happened so we’re lucky and he’s a lucky boy. He’s a smart kid. He may have made a bad decision initially but apparently he didn’t do so bad.”

Sanborn said Micah told him that he’d been angry about something, which is why he ran away.

“Basically he was upset and he took off,” said Sanborn. “He was very glad to be found, though.”

According to a comment posted on the Bangor Daily News website Thursday, Micah had been involved in a fight on a school bus Wednesday, though another commenter who claimed to be a teacher said there was no evidence the boy has ever been a bullying victim.

The Morrises said Thursday afternoon they hadn’t had a chance to talk to their grandson yet, but Rob Morris said Micah flashed a smile, the only indication Morris needed that the boy is going to be OK.

Micah, who at the height of the search had more than 50 people looking for him from numerous law enforcement and rescue agencies, was taken to a hospital to be treated for possible mild hypothermia.



12-year-old Micah Thomas of Dresden sits in an ambulance after being rescued by searchers along Eastern River





Grandparents of missing Dresden boy Micah Thomas, Rob and Maria Morris, speak to reporters minutes after the boy was found safe.
where's the parents?

[aussiefriend]

Hey LC, I know your the President of the Dick Fan Club, and I dare to address you, but seriously, you do a lot of good work.

You do in fact make the world a better place with what you do here in Mock, and not just in the real world. I think many people come and see what you are saying and actually reference you in their media reports (and other sources). Don't go getting all puffed up on us now. It's true, I think you make a difference. For real, I wouldn't say it, if from my heart, I didn't mean it. That's just what I think. Thanks.

[Lady Cop]

thankyou, that is extremely kind!!
if i made even a tiny difference i'd be thrilled, i just do what i love.
thanks again, very kind of you.

[aussiefriend]

I think people in here, and in cyberworld take you for granted. But you are out there making a difference for sure. I know. You can find out stuff here in Mock before it is on bloody twitter or on mainstream media.