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2-year-old Braxton Lindsey found after AMBER Alert

By FOX 13 News staff
Published  November 5, 2015 9:16pm EST
U.S.
FOX 13 Tampa Bay
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SOPCHOPPY, Fla. - UPDATE: The FDLE confirms that Braxton Lindsey has been found safe, and the case has been resolved. 

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A Florida AMBER Alert has been issued for 2-year-old Braxton Lindsey. The Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement says the little boy, described as 2 feet tall, 35 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes, was last seen in the 100 block of Center St. in Sopchoppy, which is in Wakulla County near Tallahassee.

Deputies say the child may be with Thomas "Ricky" Lindsey, 29, who is described as 6 foot 3 inches tall, 195 pounds, with light brown hair and blue eyes, wearing dark sneakers, blue-green shorts, and a white tank top undershirt.

No other details about their relationship or about what happened were provided.

Anyone with information about the little boy's whereabouts is urged to call the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office at 850-926-7171 or dial 911.