Actor Drake Bell is safe after being reported missing, according to information released by the Daytona Beach (Florida) Police Department.
In a Facebook post, police said his officers are searching for Jared Bell, born June 27, 1986. "He is considered missing and endangered," police said.
"At this time, we can confirm that law enforcement is in contact [with him] and that Mr. Bell is safe," they added hours after raising the alarm.
The message from the authorities on the social network added that Bell should "be traveling in a 2022 gray BMW and his last known location is potentially the Mainland High School area" this Wednesday before 9:00 p.m. Florida time.
Daytona Beach is a city in Florida, on the Atlantic coast.
It is known for the Daytona International Speedway race track, home of the iconic Daytona 500 NASCAR race.
Jared Drake Bell, 36, born in Santa Ana, California, began his acting career in the 1990s, on the sitcom
Home Improvement
and in various television commercials.
He became famous among youth audiences for his role as Drake Parker on the Nickelodeon series
Drake & Josh
, in which he starred opposite Josh Peck.
He has also devoted himself to music.
She co-wrote and performed the Drake & Josh
theme song
, titled
I Found a Way,
and in 2005 she released his first album,
Telegraph
.
His second album,
It's Only Time
, released in 2006, debuted at number 81 on the
Billboard
200 chart, with more than 23,000 copies sold in its first week.