Nickelodeon Star Drake Bell Found Safe After Being Reported Missing
14 April 2023, 09:43
'Drake & Josh' star Drake Bell has been found after he was declared missing in Florida on Thursday.
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Nickelodeon star Drake Bell was declared 'missing' and 'endangered' by police on Thursday (April 13), he has since been found safe.
Law enforcement announced his disappearance via a Facebook post, which made a plea for information from the public.
The actor – whose real name is Jared – was last seen on Wednesday at 9 PM (Eastern Daylist Time) driving in the Daytona Beach area.
Bell addressed the incident with a Twitter post on Thursday night, he wrote: "You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this?”
The former child star recently completed a two-year probation after he was charged with attempted child endangerment.
Before he was found, a social media post by the Daytona Beach Police Department read: “Officers are looking for Jared Bell. He should be travelling in a 2022 grey BMW.”
You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this? 😂
— DrakeBell.ethᵍᵐ (@DrakeBell) April 13, 2023
The news of Bell's disappearance came months after it was reported that he and his wife Janet Von Schmeling had separated.
The couple wed in 2021 after three years of dating and share one son, Jeremy Drake Bell.
