CLEARLAKE – Authorities have located a teenage girl missing for a
month and a half.

Sixteen-year-old Ashli Athas was reported missing on Oct. 17 after
running away from her grandparents' home with her boyfriend, reported
Lt. Mike Hermann of the Clearlake Police Department.

Hermann said Monday that the teen was found at about 11 p.m. Sunday
while the passenger in a Mitsubishi Montero that had been reported
stolen earlier that day from Kelseyville.

Clearlake Police Officer Dominic Ramirez located the vehicle on
Highway 53 near Lakeview Avenue and pulled it over, according to
Hermann.

The driver, a female juvenile, reportedly admitted to Ramirez that she
had stolen the Mitsubishi and was subsequently arrested for vehicle
theft, said Hermann.

Also in the vehicle, Hermann said, was Athas' juvenile boyfriend, who
was arrested for a probation violation warrant that had been issued
some time ago for his arrest.

Hermann said police removed Athas from the missing person system and
notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which
was assisting in finding the girl.

Athas has since been returned to her grandparents, said Hermann.

Clearlake Police currently have two other runaway cases, said Hermann,
but neither involves a teen in an at-risk situation, as was the case
with Athas.

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