Juvenile runs away from Orangewood Children’s Home

Orange County Sheriff’s Department

CRITICAL JUVENILE RUNAWAY FROM ORANGEWOOD CHILDREN’S HOME

ORANGE, California – (May 7, 2014) – On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at approximately 9:30 a.m. Brittany Georgia Mitchell walked away from the Orangewood Children’s Home with two other juvenile females. Brittany’s juvenile companions returned to the Children’s Home shortly after leaving; however, Brittany did not. She was last seen at the Outlets at Orange (“The Block at Orange”) located across the street from Orangewood Children’s Home. The preliminary information is that Mitchell is known to frequent the Anaheim area.

Anyone with information regarding Mitchell’s location or with information they believe may assist in this investigation is asked to contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Department at (714) 647-7000 OR (714) 936-0763. Anonymous tips may also be submitted to OC Crime Stoppers at 885-TIP-OCCS (855-847-6227) or occrimestoppers.org.

NAME: Brittany Georgia Mitchell

11 years old (DOB 04-11-03)

DESCRIPTION: Female, 5-0, 110 lbs.

Brown hair, brown eyes

CLOTHING: All black clothing, black

sweatshirt with “CA” on front

LAST CONTACT: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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