ROBERT MICHAEL BROOKENS - 17 yo - Fort Wayne IN

Members of the Three Rivers Wesleyan Church are gathering Thursday to
pray for the safety of 17-year-old Robert Michael Brookens, who went
missing Wednesday night.



Police said that was where he was last seen. The
Fort Wayne Police Department said they were looking for Mike’s car, a
Gold 1996 Mazda 626, but it was eventually found Thursday morning by the
Allen County Sheriff's deputies at Johnny Appleseed Park by the boat
ramp, at 1600 Coliseum Blvd. According to the Allen County
Sheriff’s Department activity log, just before 10 pm., dispatch received
a call from a father who said his son, Mike, was at the church at 2825
Hillegas Road and someone was trying to break into the building, came
after him with a crowbar and tried to rob him. The report said police do not know how many suspects were involved in the incident. Police said they are not ruling anything out, including foul play. According to Rick and Paige Brookens’ Facebook page , “several National Missing Persons/Children agencies are becoming involved. Anyone with information is instructed to contact the Allen County Sheriff's Department at 449-3000.http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/church-concerned-about-missing-teen

Missing Fort Wayne teen found
The Allen County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a missing Fort Wayne teenager has been found.Robert
M. Brookens, 17, was found about 1:30 a.m. Friday at a truck stop on
U.S. 30, said officer Jeremy Tinkel, a department spokesman.“He’s fine” and was taken home, Tinkel said. He said more information will be released later today.Brookens’ vehicle was found early Thursday at a boat ramp in Johnny Appleseed Park.He had last been heard from about 10 p.m. Wednesday when he called his father.During
that phone call, Brookens told his father he was in the parking lot of
Three Rivers Wesleyan Church at 2825 Hillegas Road, near West State
Boulevard, and that the church was being burglarized.After that, the call disconnected, and Brookens was not heard from again, Tinkel said.Authorities eventually learned there was no break-in at the church, Tinkel said.Brookens
was reported missing Wednesday night. About 2:20 a.m. Thursday, a city
police officer found Brookens’ vehicle in Johnny Appleseed Park near a
boat ramp to the St. Joseph River, between Coliseum Boulevard and
Parnell Avenue.http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110610/LOCAL07/110619978

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A Fort Wayne teenager who went missing after concocting a fake church
burglary story then told it to his father Wednesday night planned to
run away from home, police said.Acting on a tip from a patron
early Friday, a Fort Wayne police officer found 17-year-old Robert M.
Brookens at the Travel Inn truck stop at Coliseum Boulevard and Goshen
Road more than 27 hours after the teen’s family last heard from him.A spokesman for the Allen County Sheriff’s Department said the boy was fine. Brookens’
father last heard from him about 10 p.m. Wednesday. Brookens called
his father to tell him someone was burglarizing the Three Rivers
Wesleyan Church at 2825 Hillegas Road, near West State Boulevard.The
call ended abruptly. Officers eventually found no burglary or break-in
occurred at the church. A city officer found Brookens’ vehicle about
2:20 a.m. Thursday near a boat ramp in Johnny Appleseed Park, between
Coliseum Boulevard and Parnell Avenue.Police then found Brookens at the truck stop about 1:30 a.m. Friday. He
told police he made up the church burglary story and ditched his car as
a way to run away from home, according to the sheriff’s department.
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110611/LOCAL07/306119961/1043/LOCAL07