Update: Lester was found and is safe.

Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are currently searching for Max Lester, a missing/runaway 13-year-old. Lester is 5’8”, around 180 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. Lester was last seen on March 5 around 8:45 a.m. in the Nimmer Dr. area of New Port Richey. Lester was last seen wearing a black West Pasco Academy shirt, black sweat pants and black slides. If you have any information on Lester’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.