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The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office was seeking information Thursday to help locate a 15-year-old from Bingham.

By late afternoon, the young lady had returned home, and is safe, according to officials.

This photo shared with the news media shows Veroneka Rivera, 15, of Bingham. The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office was seeking information to locate Rivera on Thursday. (Courtesy of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office)

Veroneka Rivera was last seen on Meadow Street in Bingham around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, Sheriff Dale Lancaster said in an announcement sent to the news media.

Investigators believed Rivera could be with a man named Alec, whose last name was unknown, driving a red Honda Civic with a monkey sticker on the back window and an inoperable left headlight. The plate number and year of the vehicle were unknown.

Rivera was possibly heading toward Boston, Massachusetts, or Indiana, according to the sheriff’s office.

Jake covers public safety, courts and immigration in central Maine. He started reporting at the Morning Sentinel in November 2023 and previously covered all kinds of news in Skowhegan and across Somerset...