Update: Croom was found and is safe.

Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are currently searching for Evan Croom, a missing/runaway 13-year-old. Croom is 5’2”, around 115 lbs., with blonde hair and brown eyes. Croom was last seen on Jan. 3 around 5:30 p.m. in the Galveston St. area of Spring Hill. Croom was last seen wearing a red baseball cap, a white shirt with a colorful design, black sweatpants with a skeleton, mushrooms and the words “be kind and explore,” black/white swirl Crocs and black socks. If you have any information on Croom’s whereabouts, please call the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7, or report tips online at PascoSheriff.com/tips.