Drake Bell Found After Reported Missing in Florida

Actor Drake Bell has been discovered after being reported lacking in Florida on Thursday. The Daytona Beach Police confirmed the information on Facebook on April 13, simply hours after their preliminary lacking report: “** UPDATE: 4/13/2023 1:26p.m. – At this time, we can confirm law enforcement officials are in contact and Mr. Bell is safe,” the division wrote. Later in the day, on April 13, Bell addressed the incident in a tweet, writing, “You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this?”

You go away your cellphone in the automobile and don’t reply for the night time and this? 😂

— DrakeBell.ethᵍᵐ (@DrakeBell) April 13, 2023

The Daytona Beach Police beforehand reported that Bell’s final identified location was “potentially” the realm round a neighborhood highschool on April 12 round 9 p.m. “He is considered missing and endangered,” the division wrote. He was reportedly final seen driving a 2022 grey BMW. A consultant for Bell didn’t instantly reply to POPSUGAR’s request for remark.

Bell, 36, rose to fame on Nickelodeon as a teen actor in the early 2000s. He appeared in the sketch comedy sequence “The Amanda Show” earlier than starring in “Drake & Josh” with Josh Peck. The actor, whose actual identify is Jared, additionally later starred in the live-action “The Fairly OddParents” movies.

In the summer time of 2021, Bell pleaded responsible to felony tried minor endangerment and a misdemeanor cost of disseminating matter dangerous to juveniles. He was finally sentenced to 2 years of probation and 200 hours of group service. Bell was accused on the time of sending inappropriate messages to a 15-year-old woman. In 2020, his ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt accused him of bodily and verbal abuse throughout their relationship in the mid-2000s, which Bell denied per the LA Times.