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Two Augusta County teens found safe after second runaway

Sixteen-year-old Tyler Thompson Campbell
Augusta County Sheriff's Office
Sixteen-year-old Tyler Thompson Campbell

UPDATE: The boys have been safely located, according to the Augusta County Sheriff's Department.

Two teenagers from the Middlebrook area have run away for the second time in under a week. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Fifteen-year-old Dustin Ray Simmons
Augusta County Sheriff's Office
Fifteen-year-old Dustin Ray Simmons

Sixteen-year-old Tyler Thompson Campbell and 15-year-old Dustin Ray Simmons were last seen after midnight on Monday. Last week, they ran away on Thursday, but the Augusta County Sheriff's Office said they were located safely on Sunday.

Their whereabouts are once again unknown. Campbell is six-foot-four, 140 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. Simmons is five-foot-ten, 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information about the teens is asked to contact the sheriff's office at 540-245-5333.

Randi B. Hagi first joined the WMRA team in 2019 as a freelance reporter. Her writing and photography have been featured in The Harrisonburg Citizen, where she previously served as the assistant editor; as well as The Mennonite; Mennonite World Review; and Eastern Mennonite University's Crossroads magazine.