{"id":326963,"date":"2026-07-02T06:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326963\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:24:14","slug":"first-ever-spectrum-alert-issued-for-missing-central-florida-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326963\/","title":{"rendered":"First-ever \u2018Spectrum Alert\u2019 issued for missing Central Florida teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A newly designated \u201cSpectrum Alert\u201d was issued on Wednesday for a missing teen with autism out of Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In a release, state officials announced that the teen \u2014 identified as Dominick Harris, 17 \u2014 was last seen near the 700 block of South Alabama Avenue in DeLand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">At the time, he was spotted wearing a black shirt, pajama pants, and black \u201cHEYDUDE\u201d shoes, the release notes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cDominick may be travelling in the DeLand, Florida area or to Alabama,\u201d the release reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Harris is described as standing 5 feet, 9 inches tall; weighing around 125 pounds; and having blonde hair and hazel eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdle.state.fl.us\/mepic\/alerts\/spectrum-alert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fdle.state.fl.us\/mepic\/alerts\/spectrum-alert\">Florida Spectrum Alert<\/a> is aimed at quickly alerting communities to help locate and ensure the safe recovery of missing children with autism spectrum disorder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">While the alert system was established last year, it officially kicked off on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 bTVksG\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A newly designated \u201cSpectrum Alert\u201d was issued on Wednesday for a missing teen with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2651,28,30,29,3428,99,2261],"class_list":["post-326963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-deland","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-missing","tag-politics","tag-volusia-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}