Floral Park teen found after leaving Syosset facility

Noah Manskar

Police are again searching for a missing Floral Park teen who went missing and was found last month.

Police said Stephen Cherpelis, 15, was last seen on Convent Road in Syosset at 1 p.m. last Friday after he left Mercy First, a home for youth in crisis there.

He may have been heading for Floral Park, police said.

Cherpelis, standing 5-foot-10 and weighing 145 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, was found April 20 after he was reported missing from his Floral Park home on April 19, police said last month.

Anyone with information about Cherpelis should contact the police department’s Missing Persons Squad at 516-573-7347 or call 911, police said. Callers will remain anonymous.

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