Drake Bell has been found safe, Pvnew can /confirm/i.
“We can confirm law enforcement officials are in contact and Mr. Bell is safe,” a spokesperson for the Daytona Beach police told us Thursday.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office added that Bell was found in their jurisdiction “unharmed” at around 11:30 a.m. local time.
We’re also told deputies “took action” to ensure the “Drake & Josh” alum received a “mental health evaluation.”
Earlier on Thursday, Daytona Beach police announced on Facebook that Bell was missing and “endangered.”
Authorities added that the 36-year-old was last seen just before 9 p.m. Wednesday near Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla.
However, he appeared to be having a normal day with his young son at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., just 24 hours before he went missing.
In a photo obtained by TMZ on Thursday, Bell was sitting down at the theme park Tuesday as he tended to his toddler.
He was alone with his kid but they appeared well-dressed and not in any sort of distress.
The Nickelodeon alum’s young son was even seen holding on to a cookie Monster doll.
An unidentified source, who was at SeaWorld at the same time, told TMZ that he approached Bell to tell him he was a fan.
The actor was reportedly “nice,” “soft-spoken” and “seemed fine.”
SeaWorld Orlando is more than an hour away from the high school where cops said Bell was last seen. It is unclear why the former child star was near that area.
Police also did not mention whether Bell’s son was with him at the time he went missing.
Bell shares his son with his estranged wife, Janet Von Schmeling. Pvnew exclusively reported in January that the former couple is going through a separation.
Von Schmeling is seeking a divorce from the “iCarly” alum following incidents pertaining to Bell’s substance abuse issues that took place in front of their son late last year.
In December 2022, Bell was seen huffing balloons in his car while in the parking lot of a California vape shot and his kid was in the back seat.
Bell was on a two-year probation at the time, stemming from two criminal charges he pleaded guilty to in 2021 for child endangerment and a disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.
Prosecutors claimed the disgraced actor met a girl who attended one of his concerts in Cleveland in 2017 and sent her “inappropriate social media messages.”
He was also charged with driving under the influence in 2015.
Reps for Bell have not returned Pvnew’s repeated requests for comment.
