What Happened
Nassau County Police issued a missing juvenile alert for Baldwin on Sunday, September 6, 2026, according to a notice posted to the Nassau County Police Department’s official civic alert system. The alert, logged as civic alert ID 15304, went live through the PDCN portal. No time of day was included in the published advisory.
The notice identified the incident as a missing juvenile case in Baldwin, a hamlet in Nassau County on Long Island’s South Shore. Beyond the Baldwin location and the juvenile classification, the initial advisory did not include the child’s name, age, sex, physical description, last known location within Baldwin, or the circumstances of the disappearance.
The alert was issued on Labor Day weekend, with Nassau County Police simultaneously running a Labor Day Weekend STOP-DWI initiative that began September 8, 2026. Nassau County Police personnel were the originating agency on both matters.
Location & Road Context
Baldwin sits in southern Nassau County, bordered by Freeport to the west and Merrick to the east. The hamlet is accessible via Sunrise Highway and the Loop Parkway corridor. Nassau County as a whole has 1,260 recorded accidents in the Long Island Traffic local incident database, with multiple crashes recorded on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County during the same Labor Day weekend, including incidents on September 6 and 7, 2026.
Broader Impact
Anyone with information on the missing Baldwin juvenile is asked to contact the Nassau County Police Department directly. The NCPD civic alert system lists the case at pdcn.org alert ID 15304.
Editor’s note: The source advisory released by Nassau County Police contained minimal public detail. This report will be updated as the NCPD releases additional information, including the juvenile’s identity, physical description, and last known location.