3:45 PM PT — August Keen, Jenelle’s manager tells us, “Jace has been found, and is safely at home with Jenelle and his family, thank you to the Brunswick Co. Sheriff’s Department and to everyone else for their concerns.”
3:10 PM PT — The Brunswick Co. Sheriff’s Department says Jace has been located safe.
2:50 PM PT — Jenelle Evans tells TMZ, “As a boy mom, kids can act up and rebel as I’m sure the majority of us all once did as kids too. Jace, got in trouble at school, we decided to take his phone away and that’s when he decided to run off, Jace is a good kid and we’re not dealing with anything that most families don’t deal with while raising children, this has absolutely nothing to do with my situation with David, we do not argue in front of our children or fight in front of our kids. This is a teenage boy being a teenager mad that we decided to take his phone away.”
A scary situation for “Teen Mom” star Jenelle Evans, as cops are currently looking for her 14-year-old son, Jace, who has been reported as a runaway … TMZ has learned.
Deputies with the Brunswick Co. Sheriff’s Department in North Carolina put out an alert for a runaway juvenile. Officers say Jace was last seen leaving school around 2:45 PM Tuesday, wearing a gray sweatshirt with the writing “Classical Charter Schools of America.”
Cops say Jace could also be wearing a navy shirt if he’s no longer wearing the sweatshirt. Anyone with information in the area is asked to call 911.
Unclear what happened to cause Jace to run away, but we spoke to Jenelle’s mom, Barbara, who tells she had a conversation with him Monday night and he seemed totally fine.
Barbara says she also reached out to Jenelle earlier Tuesday to see how she was doing — Jenelle’s been publicly feuding with her husband, David Eason— but Jenelle allegedly told Barbara she didn’t want to talk and to leave her alone.
MARCH 2023It was back in March when Jenelle got full custody of Jace from her mother, Barbara. Barbara got custody of Jace when he was much younger and Jenelle was unable to support him on her own — with personal and legal issues.
Originally Published — 2:22 PM PT
