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Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell found safe after reported missing in Florida

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Posted at 12:16 PM, Apr 13, 2023
and last updated 2023-04-13 15:30:04-04

Authorities in Daytona Beach have confirmed that former Nickelodeon star Jared Bell, also known as Drake Bell, has been found safe.

According to police, Bell, 36, was last seen on Wednesday night just before 9 p.m. before he was reported missing Thursday. He was possibly in the area of Mainland High School.

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FILE - Drake Bell arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 14, 2019, in Los Angeles. Bell has been sentenced to two years of probation to charges relating to a teen whom he met online and who attended one of his 2017 concerts in Cleveland when she was 15. The 34-year-old Bell, of West Hollywood, California, pleaded guilty last month to a felony county of attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanor count of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

The post by the police gained a lot of attention on social media, which prompted the department to assure readers that the post is legitimate and Bell was missing.

Bell was one of the stars of "Drake and Josh," a hit show in the early 2000s.

In 2021, Bell pleaded guilty to charges related to 2017 crimes that involved a 15-year-old girl. The charges included attempted endangering children, a fourth-degree felony, and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, a first-degree misdemeanor.