JAKE ALLEN RICCI - 17 yo - Rumford (West-Central ) ME

Police and a mother are seeking help from the public to find a 17-year-old Rumford boy
who's been missing since last week.
Jake Allen Ricci was last seen at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 3 when the boy told
his mother he was going to a friend's house to spend the night, Cpl.
Doug Maifeld said Friday morning.
He did, Cecilia Ricci said early Friday afternoon in Auburn. But when
she called the next day to ask her son something, she learned he wasn't there.
"They said he was gone before anyone got up that morning," she said
of Jake, who will be a junior this year at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford.
After trying in vain to find him, she reported him missing three days later, Maifeld said.


“He was wearing black pants, a black shirt, and white sneakers and
had a dark blue L.L. Bean duffel bag-type backpack, with his iPod and
games inside,” Maifeld said. “There was no fight or anything with his
mom, and he made no threats to harm himself.”
Ricci is 6 feet tall, weighs 140 pounds, has brown hair and hazel eyes, and a scar on the left side of his chest.
“If he doesn't want to go home, he should at least call and tell his
mother he's all right so she doesn't have to worry he's in a ditch
somewhere and hurt,” Maifeld said.
On Monday, Cecilia Ricci listed Jake with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
and his picture and information went nationwide on their website, Maifeld said.
He is listed as an endangered runaway who “may be with an adult
female,” and they may travel to Berlin, N. H., the website listing stated.
Cecilia said early Friday afternoon in Auburn that she doesn't believe her son is in New Hampshire.
She went to Auburn to buy a new computer printer so she could print
off missing person fliers to put up. She's even tried contacting online
social networking sites MySpace and Facebook.
"I got a hold of MySpace, and they contacted Rumford PD, but I'm
trying to find [a number for Facebook], and this is where I'm having a
problem," Cecilia Ricci said. "MySpace was great. They had a number I
could call, but Facebook, I'm trying to get a hold of them and trying to
find a number and it's just, they make it impossible."
Police have searched the River Valley area and known hangouts to no avail.
"No one's seen him," Maifeld said.
“We can't find anybody who knows where he's at. We even suspected
that he went to an on-again, off-again girlfriend's house in New
Hampshire and called her, but she said he wasn't there.”
To confirm it, Cecilia Ricci called Berlin, N.H., police and asked
them to check the girlfriend's house, but she believes they only checked
one residence of the girlfriend and not a second, as her family was in
the process of moving, Ricci said. Berlin police are also looking for the boy, Maifeld said.
"I have people checking in because the girl went to court on July 6,
and I don't know if she got probation or not for terrorizing a minor," Cecilia Ricci said.
She said this is the first time he's gone missing for so long.
"He's never been gone this long, I mean he went missing and we found
him right away down at his dad's house, and I've already spoken with his
father," she said. "He said he hasn't seen or heard from him. The last
time [his father had] seen him, he was at Mexico One-Stop, and that was
like two months ago."
Maifeld said that most of the time, missing children in Rumford
return within a day or two, which makes Ricci's disappearance unusual.
Maifeld said Jake Ricci was missing in September 2008, but soon
located. The second time was on May 28, 2009, but in that instance he
was found at his dad's house in Dixfield.
To help, she urged people with information about her son or possible
sightings, to contact local police, because they will then call Rumford
police at 364-4551. Maifeld said he is also putting Jake's photo and
information on the department's website.
"At this point, I don't know where he is, I really don't," Cecilia
Ricci said. "I mean, there's no evidence or signs for him in New
Hampshire at all, because I've been keeping in contact with the Berlin
PD and they haven't seen nothing.
"So, at this point, I don't know whether my son's alive or dead," she
said. "But if I can do what I can do and learn things, maybe I can help other parents."

Case Handled By: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

JAKE ALLEN RICCI
Case Type: Endangered Runaway
DOB: Apr 30, 1993	Sex: Male
Missing Date: Aug 3, 2010	Race: White
Age Now: 17	Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Missing City: RUMFORD	Weight: 140 lbs (64 kg)
Missing State : ME	Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States	Eye Color: Hazel
Case Number: NCMC1153743
Circumstances: Jake may be with an adult female. They may travel to Berlin, New Hampshire. He has a scar on the left side of his chest.

A 17-year-old boy, who has been missing since Aug. 4, was located
Tuesday afternoon in Berlin, N.H., and taken into custody by Berlin
police, Rumford police Cpl. Doug Maifeld said on Wednesday morning.
Maifeld said that when found, Jake Allen Ricci was unharmed. His mother drove to Berlin and brought him home to Rumford.
Ricci's mother reported him missing three days after he went to a
friend's house on Aug. 3 to spend the night. She also listed him with
the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which then sent
Ricci's picture and information nationwide on their website.