{"id":44439,"date":"2026-04-05T01:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/44439\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T01:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:47:17","slug":"9-year-old-boy-reported-missing-in-new-bern-found-safe-mother-arrested-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/44439\/","title":{"rendered":"9-year-old boy reported missing in New Bern found safe; mother arrested, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW BERN, N.C. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs17.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WNCN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WNCN&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WNCN<\/a>) \u2014 After police issued an Amber Alert for a little boy in Craven County, he was found safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the New Bern Police Department, early Saturday morning, 9-year-old Austin Ross was reported missing after being last seen in New Bern. The police said Ross is autistic and has ADHD, requiring medication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As of 10 a.m., officers said in a social media post that Ross was found in the Craven County town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201c9-year-old Austin Ross has been located safely and his mother has been taken into custody,\u201d the post said. \u201cThe two were spotted walking along Neuse Boulevard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His mother, 45-year-old Amber Vest, was last seen with Ross, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vest was later charged with abduction of children and misdemeanor child abuse, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation into the report is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to CBS17.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to CBS17.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to CBS17.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 After police issued an Amber Alert for a little boy in Craven County,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[25562,25620,104,108,107,3086],"class_list":{"0":"post-44439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bern","8":"tag-amber-alert","9":"tag-austin-ross","10":"tag-bern","11":"tag-craven-county","12":"tag-new-bern","13":"tag-new-bern-police-department"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116349582871445239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}