HERNANDO COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – UPDATE: HCSO shared in a Facebook update that Brown has been located. They added she is in good health and with her family.

ORIGINAL: The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is asking for help to find a missing teenage girl.

They say 15-year-old Alessandra Brown was last seen on Tuesday, Sept. 26, around 4 p.m. getting off a school bus on California Street near a friend’s house.

Deputies say 15-year-old Alessandra Brown does not have a cell phone. Courtesy: HCSO

They say Brown’s bus stop is not on or near California Street.

Deputies checked the friend’s house and say she was not there. Brown does not have a cell phone.

Deputies received a tip that she was possibly seen in the area of the Ace Hardware store on Jefferson Street (near Tom Varn Park) in Brooksville Tuesday afternoon.

Brown is described as 5’4” with straight, brown hair and blue eyes.She was last seen wearing a light grey hoodie, black yoga pants, a Spongebob t-shirt, and white Nike shoes and carrying the multi-colored book bag in the photo.

If you have information on this case, you’re asked to contact Hernando County Crime Stoppers at 1-866-990-TIPS (8477) or **TIPS from a cell phone. You will remain anonymous and also be eligible for a reward up to $5,000.