THOMAS A HASKINS - 17 yo - Freetown MA/ NY and RI alerted

by TomTerrific0420 Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:01 am

FREETOWN — Thomas A. Haskins, 17, has been
missing since March 3, when police say he stole his grandmother's car
from her Assonet home.
The situation was made public on Wednesday in an e-mail blitz generated by his parents and
paternal grandparents asking for help.
“Tommy is going down a bad path. ... This is the third time he has run away in
the past six to eight months,” said his grandfather, Wayne A. Haskins,
former Freetown fire chief.

According to his grandfather, Thomas has special needs and was attending READS Academy,
a school for children with special needs in Middleboro.
Haskins also said that his grandson was in the custody of Department of
Children and Families prior to going missing and was not living with
his parents, Mark and Martha Haskins of Freetown.
Freetown Police Chief Carlton E. Abbott, Jr. said a warrant has been issued for the teen's arrest.
According to Abbott, Thomas may have headed to Rhode Island to meet up with a girl only known as “Kate.”
Haskins said he had heard his grandson talk about wanting to move to a large, urban area such as New York City.
According to police reports, while visiting his maternal grandmother, Irene
Bouchard, the young Haskins asked for the keys to vacuum her car and
then took the car.
The vehicle is a blue 2002 Mercury Villager minivan with Massachusetts registration number 54GH14.
Thomas is 6'2” and weighs 225 pounds. He has dark brown hair, hazel eyes and a
faded birth mark the size of a quarter on his left cheek.
“His entire family is desperately worried about his well being and want him
to return home or at least contact his Mom,” wrote the family.
Anyone with information on Thomas Haskins should call Freetown police at 508-763-4017.