Missing Pleasantville teen has been found

A Pleasantville teen who had been missing from a group home for more than a week has been found, her father said. Michael Bey said 17-year-old Latina Dawn Brown was picked up in Camden. He did not have details. Pleasantville girl was one of three teens who went missing from a group home in Burlington County around April 12. “She doesn’t understand how dangerous it is on these streets, and I’m scared for her,” Bey said. Latia Dawn Brown has had issues, which included the involvement of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. But the state agency is no longer involved, although Bey says the problems with his daughter have continued. He fears the girls are targets for sex traffickers, who sometimes lure girls away or target those who have run away on their own. They are being sought with the help of the Child Exploitation Task Force, a local multi-agency team that takes dozens of children off the streets in Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties every year. “She gets obsessed with social media,” Bey said. “She’s really vulnerable, and it scares me.” Anyone who knows the girls’ whereabouts is asked to call their local police station. Anyone with information regarding the exploitation of children for prostitution in Atlantic County is asked to contact the task force at 800-CALL FBI (or 800-225-5324). They can also call the local FBI office at 609-677-6400 or the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800.