As a precaution, an EMS unit was responding to the home.
"At 2:59 p.m. today, a Pulis Avenue resident reported that [the] 10-year-old child had left the home and was missing," police Capt. John Bakelaar said. "He was last seen running into a wooded area bordering the residence.
"At approximately 6:20 p.m., the child returned home."
A State Police chopper was in the air and searchers fanned out late Wednesday afternoon into the evening looking for the boy. Authorities brought in at least one tracking dog and used drones during the daylight hours.
Assisting with the search, Bakelaar said, were:
- Wyckoff PD
- Oakland PD
- Mahwah PD - Drone
- Ramsey PD
- NJ State Police – Helicopter
- Maywood PD – Bloodhound
- Bergen County Sheriff’s Dept. Search & Rescue
- Franklin Lakes Fire Dept.
- Franklin Lakes Ambulance Corps.
- Wyckoff Ambulance Corps
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