Drake Bell was reported "missing and endangered" by police in Daytona Beach, Florida, today.According to a Facebook post by the Daytona Beach Police Department, Bell, also known by his legal name Jared Bell, was last seen riding in a BMW near Mainland High School on April 4 around 9 p.m.
Citizens are asked to contact Daytona Beach Police if they have any information about Bell's whereabouts.
Bell, who co-starred in the hit Nickelodeon series with Josh Peck for four seasons between 2004 and 2007, made news in 2021 when he was sentenced to two years of probation and community service.This took place after pleading guilty to charges stemming from his explicit online conduct in 2017 with an underage fan.
Bell later said he did not know the fan's age at the time of their virtual communication and that "all conversation and communication stopped" when he realized it."I responded to a fan whose age I was unaware of," he said on Instagram after his sentencing. "When I became aware of his age, all conversation and communication stopped."
He added that this fan continued to attend shows and pay for meet and greets, and that he did not know that the person he met on those occasions was the same person he had stopped communicating with online.