RIVERVIEW, Fla. – A child with autism who wandered away from a school in Riverview on Thursday was safely located about two miles away.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit spotted the student walking by a community clubhouse with a pool and a pond nearby.
The day before, deputies say the child was entered into the SafetyNet system, a program for people with cognitive conditions like autism, dementia or Alzheimer’s.
Those in the program get a bracelet that is powered by radio frequencies which gives law enforcement GPS information in case they go missing. …