UPDATED ALERT: Boy and girl missing from Welland found safe

Brianna Burke.

JOHN ROBBINS/Bullet News

WELLAND – Two youths missing from Welland today have been found safe, Niagara Regional Police say.

The youths – a boy and a girl – are from the Quaker Road and Niagara Street areas of Welland.

Police issued a public appeal for assistance locating friends Brianna Burke, 11, and Brendan Scaduto, 12, earlier today.

Photos of the two were made public in the hope that someone would recognize them and contact authorities.

The case generated much media interest, with reports throughout the day and evening on newspaper websites and broadcast on local radio.

“The two youths were located by a member of the public which had learned of the missing youth from the local media,” police said in a statement issued late Monday.

“The youths were returned safely to their families. The Niagara Regional Police Service would like to thank the members of the media and the public who assisted in successfully locating the two youths.”

Brendan Scaduto.

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Written by on November 26, 2012 in BREAKING NEWS, News Now, Niagara Bullets, Pelham, Police Bullets, Welland - 1 Comment

One Comment on "UPDATED ALERT: Boy and girl missing from Welland found safe"

  1. Lesley North November 26, 2012 at 8:38 pm · Reply

    Thank God these two children are safe.

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John Robbins

John Robbins, an award-winning multimedia journalist, joined Bullet News as a staff writer in January 2011. He was named editor in April 2013. The veteran reporter worked in Niagara and Fort Erie for more than a decade, using his investigative skills in a wide range of beats, including local politics, health/environment, education, business and tourism. His writing has earned him six Ontario Newspaper Awards Robbins, born and raised in Niagara Falls, studied at Emmanuel Bible College and Brock University before graduating from the Journalism-Print program at Niagara College, where he earned several scholarships and awards. During his 11 years as a reporter at the Niagara Falls Review, Robbins, who was Fort Erie bureau chief from 2002-2006, was instrumental in bringing video and e-reporting skills into daily practice at the newspaper and helped build its web and social media audiences. In 2009, Robbins received an appointment to journalism-print advisory committee at Niagara College. Robbins lives in Ridgeway.