Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are currently searching for Melanie Mendez, a missing/runaway 16-year-old. Mendez is 5’1”, around 110 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. Mendez was last seen on April 24, around 11:48 a.m. in the Cider Mill Ln. area of Hudson. Mendez was last seen wearing a blue shirt, black shorts, cream colored Crocs and carrying a black backpack. If you have any information on Mendez’s whereabouts, please call the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7. You can also report tips online at http://PascoSheriff.com/tips.