The amber alert for Brittany Smith was triggered in Florida Wednesday night, and they are taking it seriously.
Around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, authorities thought they had cornered Jeffrey Easley in a gas station bathroom in West Palm Beach, Florida.
A clerk at the gas station told the sheriff's department the man came in and asked for the key for the bathroom, and the clerk thought he looked familiar. SWAT teams raided the restroom and pulled a man out.
But a short time later, the sheriff indicated they didn't believe it was Easley.
The West Palm Beach Sheriff says the man looked similar to Easley, and he was apparently suffering a drug overdose.
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Authorities in Roanoke County say the man in question in West Palm Beach, Florida is not Jeffrey Scott Easley.
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The sheriff in West Palm Beach says they're still investigating, but they don't believe it's Jeffrey Scott Easley.
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Breaking news this morning, involving the amber alert and the missing 12-year-old Roanoke County girl Brittany Mae Smith.
Police in Florida have surrounded a gas station in West Palm Beach, where a man locked himself in a bathroom.
Television station WPEC is reporting that the clerk at a shell gas station thought the man looked familiar and called the sheriff's office.
Authorities believe it could be Jeffrey Scott Easley.
They have not located the missing girl or the car. The state of Florida triggered an amber alert for Smith last night.
Brittany Mae Smith has been reported missing since Monday. Her mother Tina Smith was found dead in her home in the Glenvar section of Roanoke County on Monday.
