JAMIE LYNN LOVINO, 11 YRS, Jacksonville Beach FL

Police Looking For Missing Girl At Beach


11-Year-Old Last Seen Tuesday At 7:20 A.M.


Jacksonville Beach police are on scene of a possible missing girl from the 700 block of 7th Avenue North.


Police said 11-year-old Jamie Lynn Lovino, was last seen Tuesday morning around 7:20.
She is described as 5-foot-5 and 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Police said she has a black book bag with a white stripe that looks like a skunk tail and is possibly riding a black beach cruiser.
Officers and detectives are conducting an extensive search.

Police say they have found 11-year-old Jamie Iovino, who was last seen at Jax Beach early this morning at Orange Park.

Jamie was last seen around 7:30 this morning, and police followed up on tips throughout the day.

Jacksonville Beach Police, along with Neptune, Atlantic and Jacksonville Police helped with search efforts.

About 20 officers stayed behind on overtime to help out with the investigation.

They say she got to Orange Park by riding city buses.

Jamie Iovino's sister says she thinks her sister ran away.

Posters dot Jacksonville Beach area businesses, Jamie's sister, Nicole, put them up.

Nicole said Jamie stole money from her parents and told a friend she planned to head to Washington State.


At this point, Jacksonville Beach Police don't know if they will cite her for running away.

Jacksonville Beach police have found 11-year-old Jamie Lynn Iovino, the girl who had been missing since Tuesday morning.
Sgt. Thomas Bingham said Iovino was found Tuesday around 10:30 p.m. at a store on the Westside.
Bingham said a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office missing persons detective was working off-duty at a T.J. Maxx when he stopped her.

Jamie Lynn Iovino was last seen Tuesday at about 7:20 a.m.

"He spotted a suspicious juvenile female, called her over," Bingham said. "Started putting two and two together as far as being a juvenile out late. Thankfully, she's going to be returned home to her family nice and safe."
Bingham said there were reports Iovino took JTA busses to get to the store. He said she was alone when the detective found her.
Bingham said it appeared Iovino took off by herself and didn't tell anybody.

Police said Iovino had last been seen at about 7:20 a.m. Tuesday while she was leaving for San Pablo Elementary School.
Bingham said officers and detectives conducted an extensive search around her home and the path she would have taken to school on Tuesday evening.

Bingham said the girl's parents reported the girl missing after she didn't come home from school. He said they called the school, and the school said she was not at school all day.

"Me and my mom went somewhere and we came back and she still wasn't home at like 3:30, and she should've been home," said Nicole Iovino, Jamie's older sister, Tuesday evening. "So we just called the school and they said she wasn't there all of today."

Nicole said her parents were extremely worried about her sister.

"They're devastated right now," she said earlier Tuesday. "They don't know what's going on. They just want to find her."

Police said there was no note left indicating Jaime was leaving. They said they interviewed dozens of her friends and classmates and they knew nothing of Jamie going anywhere.

Police said there was no indication the girl was abducted or kidnapped.