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WEBVTT DISPATCHER, LITTLE JOEY IS SAFE AND SOUND. LITTLE JOEY IS ONLY FIVE-YEARS-OLD, AND HE’S NOT A BIG FAN OF STRANGERS. AFTER WHAT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY, YOU CAN BET HE’S STILL A LITTLE SHAKEN UP. >> THERE’S A LITTLE BOY THAT CAME RUNNING AROUND THE CORNER, CRYING. JATARA: THAT’S THE FIRST 911 CALL, ALERTING SHARONVILLE POLICE OF A WANDERING CHILD. THE CALLER HAD JUST FOUND JOEY NEAR HER HOME, ALONE IN THE COLD AND DARK. HE ALSO HAS AUTISM AND WAS VISIBLY SCARED. >> HE’S WEARING HIS PAJAMAS. HE’S WEARING RED PAJAMAS WITH MOOSES ON THEM. DISPATCHER: AND NO COAT OR ANYTHING? SHOES? >> NO, THEY’RE LIKE FOOTED PAJAMAS. I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE JUST RAN OUT OF HIS HOUSE. I DON’T KNOW. JATARA: THE FAMILY LOOKING FOR THE BOY CALLED 911 TOO, PANICKED AND FEARING THE WORST. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> I WAS REALLY SCARED, BECAUSE WE DIDN’T KNOW IF HE GOT RUN OVER OR SOMEONE TOOK HIM. WE WERE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HIM. JATARA: ADRIANA LARA SAYS SHE’S A FAMILY FRIEND, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO’S BEEN WATCHING JOEY THIS WEEK. HIS MOM HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> WE WERE EATING DINNER AND HIS BROTHER SAW HIM GO OUT THE DOOR, SO WE SCREAMED THAT HE RAN OUT THE DOOR. AND WHEN WE ALL WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR HIM, HE WASN’T THERE. JATARA: AT THE SAME TIME, THE 911 CALLER WAS TRYING TO CALM THE BOY DOWN, BUT HE DOESN’T SPEAK ENGLISH. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> WE’RE RELIEVED THAT HE CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE. JATARA: AND THEY’RE THANKFUL TOO, FOR THE NEIGHBOR WHO HELPED JOEY, EVEN WHEN HE COULDN’T ASK FOR IT. JATARA: POLICE SAY JOEY WAS WATCHING TV WHEN HE SUDDENLY JUST LEFT THE HOUSE. EVERYONE IS KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON HIM NOW. HE HAS BEEN PLAYING WITH SOME OF HIS NEW FRIENDS INCLUDING HENRY,

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A 5-year-old boy is safe after going missing for a short time Wednesday evening in Sharonville. A neighbor on another street found the boy, who has autism, wandering and running around the street.The boy named Joey is shy, and he also does not speak English."There's a little boy that came running around the corner crying," a caller explained to a 911 dispatcher. "I was just getting out of my car. I've never seen him before."That was the first 911 call that sent Sharonville police to the neighborhood, near Woodbine Street and Circlefield Drive. The woman had just found the little boy alone in the cold and dark. The boy was only wearing pajamas.The dispatcher asked the caller if he had on a coat or shoes. "No, they're like footed pajamas," the caller said. "I think he might have just ran out of his house. I don't know."While she tried to comfort him and looked for a blanket, the family who was watching him also called 911."I was really scared because we didn't know if he got run over or someone took him," Adriana Lara said. "We were really worried about him."Lara's family has been watching Joey while his mother has been in the hospital the last several days."We're relieved that he came back to the house," Lara said.A 911 dispatcher helped police find the boy's home and get the boy back to the people caring for him.No charges have been filed, according to Sharonville police. According to a police report, a social worker is following up with the family to review the incident.