14-Year-Old Runaway Found 'Camped Out' at Bed Bath & Beyond by Police
A 14-year-old teenager spent the night inside a Bed Bath & Beyond retail store in North Carolina after allegedly running away from home.
According to The News & Observer, when store employees arrived for their Monday morning shift at Bed Bath & Beyond in Greenville, they found a teenage boy hiding inside the store.
Employees phoned the police around 8:30 a.m. to report the intruder. Early morning shoppers told WITN that police turned them away while the incident was under investigation.
Kristen Hunter, spokesperson for the Greenville Police Department, said that officers responded to the store for a “breaking and entering in progress” and found the teen.
Greenville police spokeswoman Kristen Hunter said the intruder turned out to be a 14-year-old runaway who had “camped out” at the store overnight after leaving home.https://t.co/E36xJ8kUrJ
— WWMT-TV (@wwmtnews) December 10, 2019
Hunter said it appeared the boy had “camped out” inside the Bed Bath & Beyond overnight after reportedly running away from home.
The teen, whose name has not been released, was unharmed and taken home, Hunter said.
Details on the boy’s motive for running away from home were not immediately available.
14-year-old runaway ‘camped out’ overnight inside Bed, Bath & Beyond, NC cops say https://t.co/MGxUdmLqAa
— The Charlotte Observer (@theobserver) December 9, 2019
The home goods store boasts shelves and floors full of cozy bedding and all things home-related, even offering a line of gourmet snacks like popcorn and nuts, possibly providing the teen with everything he needed for a night away from home.
Not a bad way to spend a cold winter’s night.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ntYLXnOsC/
Bed Bath & Beyond has been in additional recent and bizarre news after selling and then removing black jack-o-lanterns from shelves before Halloween due to backlash that cited ‘extreme lack of sensitivity’ toward cultures that may find the item offensive.
The retail giant also chose to be open for the evening hours on Thanksgiving Day, reversing a longstanding tradition of remaining closed for the holiday. In 2019, Bed Bath & Beyond opened their doors from 5 p.m. until midnight on Thanksgiving and then reopened on Black Friday, USA Today reported.
Representatives from Bed Bath & Beyond have not yet commented on the teenage intruder inside the Greenville location.
Truth and Accuracy
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards.
