{"id":349449,"date":"2026-07-23T03:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349449\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T03:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:40:58","slug":"tampa-police-issue-purple-alert-for-missing-18-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349449\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa police issue Purple Alert for missing 18-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa police are searching for an 18-year-old man whose family fears for his safety after he disappeared Wednesday afternoon and did not return home.<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa Police Department (TPD) issued a Purple Alert for Jean Brooks, described as a 5-foot-8 Hispanic male weighing about 120 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Brooks was last seen in the 1200 block of East Sligh Avenue. Investigators said he was driving a white 2024 Dodge Durango with Florida tag XVC309.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Brooks made statements to family members and loved ones that raised concerns about his well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Officers are asking anyone who sees him or the vehicle to contact the Tampa Police Department immediately at 813-231-6130.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JULIE.SALOMONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SUV crashes into Carrollwood restaurant, narrowly missing workers and customers<\/p>\n<p>An SUV crashed into a Carrollwood restaurant Tuesday afternoon after the driver tried to avoid another vehicle in a shopping plaza.<\/p>\n<p>SUV crashes into Carrollwood restaurant, narrowly missing workers and customers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa police are searching for an 18-year-old man whose family fears for his safety after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[276,143005,39626,135,5910,108336,3670,137,136,9822,208],"class_list":["post-349449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-jean-brooks","tag-purple-alert","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-28-news","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-police","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349449","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=349449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}