Missing Crown Heights teen home safe

A teenager with autism who ran away from his home on Saint Marks Avenue Monday afternoon is now back safe with his family. Joshua Charles, 15, returned home at around 5:00 p.m. His mother, Esther,

News 12 Staff

Aug 11, 2015, 3:34 AM

Updated 3,369 days ago

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A teenager with autism who ran away from his home on Saint Marks Avenue Monday afternoon is now back safe with his family.
Joshua Charles, 15, returned home at around 5:00 p.m. His mother, Esther, was putting up fliers when she was alerted to his return.
Charles told his mother that he was off visiting a female friend. He says when he realized he did not know her address, he made his way back home.
Charles promised his mother he would never run away again.