Missing teens could be in Bonner County

SANDPOINT — The Montana Department of Justice issued an alert Tuesday concerning four missing and endangered teens who may be headed to Bonner County.

Montana authorities report that the four male juveniles left the Georgetown area near Anaconda on Monday after one of them threatened suicide. They were possibly en route to a cabin on Lake Pend Oreille.

The teens are identified as Austin Lee, 15; Adam Reighard, 17, Hunter Velock, 15; and Taran Bennett, 16. They are believed to be in a maroon 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck. The vehicle's license plate is: MT license plate number 130398A.

Lee is described in the alert as a white male with brown hair and blue eyes who stands 6 feet tall and weighs 190 pounds. Reighard is described as a white male with sandy blond hair and hazel eyes who stands 5-feet, 5 inches and weighs 115 pounds. Velock also has sandy blond hair and blue eyes, stands 5-feet, 8-inches and weighs 145 pounds. Bennett is white male with blue eyes who stands 5-feet, 10-inches and weighs 140 pounds.

Anyone with information about the boys' whereabouts are asked to call Butte-Silver Bow County law enforcement at (406) 497-1130 or 911.