Good news.

Happy for her family and friends. And a huge thanks should go to all of those who gave their time and efforts to search for her. Whether it was their job to or not.

This may not be a popular opinion, but I feel as soon as it was realized she was a runaway. Stop wasting taxpayers money looking for her. She left of her own free will.
I know its a heart ache for the parents but all that wasted money looking for her. BTW, I attempted a runaway when I was 14, didn't have the courage in the end. I would have had to hear my mothers wrath. But then again that was 30 yrs ago.

Really Gerry? A child is in danger regardless of on her own doing or not and we just walk away? Is that what our society has come to that the all mighty dollar is more important than a child's well being? Personally I'd go poor if it meant children were safe.

God is so good...He took care of her and protected her. Thankful for all those who helped in search,,,I am a mother of 2 teenagers and we prayed for Alongi safe return home....I pray that she realizes that her family & God loves her and needs her.
God Bless ...

Agree totally with you Becks, Gerry if that was your child would you want people to just stop looking & turn their backs? I think not. And don't say your child would never do that, never say never

I'm really disappointed on how the mayor and police broke their necks trying to find this girl. She ran away on her own causing a huge concern through twitter, though states and the community. She's a normal teenager just like all other teens, but despite the thousands of other teens and people that are missing they focus on this one girl. What makes her so special? They should be concerned for all the missing people like they were for her. I have no remorse for this girl. And the government and police need to open their stupid eyes and go looking for the other missing people, the ones that were really kidnapped and really need someone to save them.

I personally think this child needs help. She obviously ha a very well planned out plan and who knows why else she's capable of I mean she did just create a huge conspiracy for what ? Glad she's ok but something has to be wrong with her in order to do that

praise God she is safe and home.. i will continue to pray for her and her family..

Gerry, I hear what you are saying and I understand what you mean. Its not about her running away and no one should have looked for her, it is the fact that she made all this drama for everyone, wasted everyone's time and effort at the beginning because she lied for attention. I just hope that she doesn't get away with what she did and she is held responsible for her actions. I don't care if she is just 16, she needs to learn the hard way that what she did is wrong. A good few months of community service or juvie if she doesn't serve the community service will do that kid some good.

This girl staged a scene; like she was acting in a movie. This is not cool. She should be transferred to the mental institutiion for treatment. She really went way out the way to run away. You can leave home these days without telling the whole world. I say she is a spoiled drama queen right along with been a meanie like all her school mates say that she is. She purely did this for attention but with being so young she fell to realize that everyday; every hour somewhere in the world there are children who are actually missing, abducted, raped and killed. What you did Kara is a very shameful thing and should not go unpunished. Not because you ran away but because you staged a crime scene. You tweeted on your page someone in my house; you broke your cell phone then you left the back door wide open. This is not normal. You are out of control. I am not going to sugarcoat what you did like so many other on this sight are doing. I don't care if you were my child; this is wrong. You could have gave your Mother a heart attack but I know your little spoiled self do not care as long as you get your way. Do you want your mom to die. Because if you were my missing child; I probably would have died thinking somebody took my baby. This is far from funny. I know you didn't ask my opinion but when you posted your business on public site like you did ; you are subject to everybody opinion. Please seek help for your actions. Do not go around hurting peoples that love you.

Thank God that she was found! Commenters, think how you would feel if this was YOUR child? Children are precious gifts that need love, understanding, guidance, praise, and direction. You don't know what when on in her mind. Kudos to the Clark Police Dept. that did a stellar job in this case. My thoughts go out to her family.

Drama? Really? What about all the kids that just decide to kill themselves? Personally I'd rather have all this "drama" and save a life than the other way around.

I feel like until a child is 18 we have the responsibility to do what is right for them after that we really can't help it and I'm so glad that the police didn't give

Exit 1 is right by the Del Memorial Bridge....her mom was wearing a University of Delaware shirt in the photo/video...she must have taken a train to Penn Station then took an Amtrak to Delaware trying to get to UDel. Maybe has family there?

I agree with Gerry!! Bill her parents and put an ankle bracket on that kid for a year! Way too easy on these kids these days! It's ok , everybody is entitled to their opinion but I say punishment and not sweep it under the rug! Too many Dr Phil's in this world!!

msstarz, you are an idiot.

Running away is not normal. Wanting to understand what's behind it is curious.

Once it was realized that this was a hoax, the news media should have suspended all coverage. Must have been a slow few days.
She deserves more than a slap on the wrist.

she committed a federal offense she deserves to be in prison....Make sure a petition gets started so she ends up where she belongs

Good news! :) happy Shes home and safe

You idiots can like it or not!! Lol! Luckily and for good reasons you dont have the authority to deny our societies commitment to be of aid to one in need! Like it or NOT aurhorities will continue to do their duty!

Hey Cory should never have happened! Go vote for Obama !!

Thank Goodness!! I do not know her or her family but I have been hoping for a happy ending like this. Kara everyone does stupid things in there life and you should not be afraid, embarrassed or ashamed. You are young and have a whole wonderful life ahead of you this was just one small aspect of impulsive and poor judgement on your part and it will not define you. It will be forgotten and everything will be fine. You seem to have a very loving family. Trust them enough to go to them to help you with problems you may have. don't try to solve them by running away. Parents and grandparent are smart and really can give you good advise and they love you more than any friend or stranger. Remember old people were once teens too and they do know a lot more about life than you think! Best of luck to you and work hard in school and in life and you will be fine!

I also agree with gerry? Who cares about this spoiled little brat?? People have real emergencies, if she wanted to leave, just go. Don't fake a kidnapping! Skip to the part where they get her in some form of trouble? She's no victim.

Real easy to spout cruel things hidden behind a screen name. If any of you have children I feel sorry for them and hope they have a better influence in their life.

She's not a baby..she committed a federal offense.

It would also be different if she were a nice person. She's a cyber bully who ran away because she wants attention.

cyber bully at 16 ok maybe but why? Take a look at all the people on here posting cruel comments. Are they not cyber bullies? Liviee are you not also? You are posting negative comments about someone using a fake name. Hmmm a little pot kettle here?? Glass houses and stones?? Seems to me it's part of society now a day to jump on the computer and rip people apart.

Terry you're a dumbass. It was her fault ! She could have just left and ranaway like any other runaway juvenile but she decided to stage a crime scene and put it on a public website to create attention for HERSELF. Not to mention she got an innocent boy in trouble too. She should be ashamed, and she needs to get it trouble for this. If they let it go like nothing she may do it again. You can't be so light on her. Her parents we're worried sick ! It was a selfish, and IMMATURE act.

I wouldnt vote for Obama! I dont know the background of this story. So i shouldnt have commented. But i dont think we shoul. d abandon anyone. Leastwise a minor. Again dont know about cyberbully and all that.

She sits at her conputer and tells people to kill themselves? No one told her to kill herself. But she's old enough to know what would happen when she sent that 911 tweet. People are being way too easy on her. She should be going to juvi or at least be fined for the cost of that time. They sent canine units out for a kid who wasn't even missing. If you had an emergency that was ignored because police were out looking for her then you would be angry too.

People!she obviously is a teen with some issues that us girls can relate to....thank god they found her before some creeper did...lets now focus on helping her,not giving up on her..how many people out there have been given a seconed chance? Thank god she is safe period.

Not to mention they investigated an innocent kid because she made him seem like a stalker on that stupid twitter of hers.

Good News Kara is safe. So many teens are victims of on line predators so its always a worry when a teen goes missing. Teens do not always reason the way adults do and put themselves in danger. She boarded a train to NY and ended up on the nj turnpike. That could mean someone dropped her off there. It might be best to hear the facts before passing judgement. I am glad the police continued their search. Her family must have been devastated.

She got her 24 hours of fame! Attention seeker! How many teens go missing everyday and we never hear about it...only reason this went big was because she posted a lie on twitter...time and money was wasted and she should be fined or have to do community service!

mariana why don't you put your time into posting about those missing kids rather than commenting here? Liviee sounds to me you have an ax to grind and this is more personal for you.

It's like dialing 911 and not needing help..there should be some kind of fine!

She willingly left her house as an adult not a minor people just so you know

wow ryan

I'm wondering if some of you even know that she staged a crime scene, she posted to her friends to call 911...she needs a few hundred hours of community service.....i know she's 16, but at 16 you do know the difference between right and wrong

My goodness! Everyone has his/her own opinion, and I do not believe this should be a forum for attacking each other. If you have an opinion about THE CASE, then you should air it, but attacking each other is not getting anyone anywhere. So far as I know, this is STILL a free country, and attacking someone else because he or she does not share your opinion, is just ignorant and a waste of time.

Sarah don't underestimate your kid. Sadly it's people like you that learn the hard way. Kids from even the best of families can do stupid things. And take a look at yourself. Perhaps you need the therapist. You are an adult and are coming here to condemn someone you don't even know about situations you have no idea about? Boy do I feel sorry for your kid.

Everybody is all talking about she is only 16 that's an adult you can drive have sex leave school work full time...you are an adult. she wasn't acting like a kid. So she knew the difference between right or wrong.

Its a cry for help hope she gets it along with her family. She is one of the luckier ones hope she recognizes this. Life is a gift.

Becks..! Lol I'm not an adult!! But I'm glad I could fool you! Plus I don't have kids!! Lol and you just contradicted yourself by coming on here and condemning someone!! Plus this is America I say what I want when I want and how I want! And I would NEVER run away from home because I know how good I have it

fool me? I'm not condemning anyone. I'm just pointing out the obvious fact that there are a lot of people around here that have no right commenting on things they have no knowledge of. If you are a child that makes sense because you are acting like one. On a positive note I'm glad you are happy and have it good. Perhaps you can take some time and counsel those that don't have it so good instead of fooling people on the internet.

She should be held responsible for her actions and no one should be happy she's home or feel bad for her. SHE LEFT ON HER OWN, SHE MADE THE DECISION HERSELF. AND THEN PRETENDED TO GET KIDNAPPED?! It's one thing to run away, but don't get people involved and make people care about you when you're just a selfish brat who is in need of attention. I'm a 17 year old girl in high school, and I would never be psychotic enough to do this. She has serious issues and her age shouldn't make it ok. You know by age 11 not to lie and do stupid things like that. She's not the helpless child you all think she is. She knew well enough what she was doing and did it with no problem at all TO GET ATTENTION. Have you by chance read the other tweets that she posted before that one? Bullying other people? She deserves to be punished as much as she can for causing all this trouble and she should have to pay back the money used to search for her. She's a joke.

I disagree, Darian. Everyone knows what she did was stupid. Including the kids at her school. The amount of abuse she will get (while I don't think it is the right thing to do) at school for running away will be punishment enough..

She knows well enough that she shouldn't have done what she did. It was not right. She shouldn't be able to just get away with what she does? People waisted their time searching for a girl who they thought was in danger, but she really just wanted attention. If her life was truesly that bad, she would have been long gone where no one could find her. Not just walking on the side of the road..

She will get torn apart. Badly. You also have no idea what was going on inside her head or even that house. Maybe she had a reason to run away. Maybe she was abused. The point is..we don't know and we probably never will, so before you jump to conclusions and call her a brat and say she did all of this to get attention, think about how much you actually know about this girl, because the truth is you know nothing. All we have is her tweets. That's it. I refuse to believe that you can judge someones character if you have never met him or her before, so to me the tweets are irrelevant.

the girl needs to be locked up......no matter who she is.....a federal offense people...she faked a kidnapping.....if that was any of you....you would have visiting days with you family from behind bars. Where she should be...not community service.

I'm sorry have you seen what she was saying to and about those other girls? She's not a good or nice girl. No one should feel bad for her at all. I would be so incredibly embarrassed if that was my child.. She's a pretty teenage girl, trust me I know all about it. I might not know this girl personally, but I know many girls just like her who will do just about anything for attention. It's honestly so sad that people feel that terrible about themselves that they have to get thousands of people out there looking for them to make them feel good about themselves. I hope she gets it terribly at school after everything she has done. She should be so embarrassed of herself. There is absolutely no excuse for what she did.

Agreed Ryan Mc Cracken

Hey Darian I would probably feel the same as you when I was 17. Now that I am older and have kids that age I can tell you she did not know what she was doing. I look back at things I did in my 20s and scratch my head. The fact that she did this means she needs help. Everything happens for a reason and maybe this is what she needed.

"Listen to me. I will look for you. I WILL find you. I will ki.. what? She ran away?
OK, never mind".

Saying something is wrong with her is an understatement. Like its been said, she staged a crime scene. She broke her phone, she left her home open, she let people who care about her, and others that don't even know her, worry about her safety. I was 16 once, and I had a terrible childhood. I was molested for 9 yrs of my life, I was abused daily, and my family had no money. I was the fat kid that got bullied by little jerks like kara. And yet, never could I have ever done something so selfish and immature. Sure, she probably needs some therapy, and yep, I'm even happy for her family (though I don't know why they would want her) however, she needs to be held accountable. Just look at her twitter account. 'You're a fat slut so die' 'being gay sucks but pretend you aren't cuz otherwise you look like a freak' ...lets be real now. She is not some innocent little girl who needs our understanding. She a spoiled little asshole who needs to learn a few things about the real world. Maybe we will all get lucky and she will get her ass kicked by a fat gay slut.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for HER FAMILY. Its terrible that they went through all that they did, but we need to remember that kara put them through it. Its time she started acting her age.

She is going to have to face not 1 charge but over 6000. Each phone call that was made to 911 for her assistance is counted as an offense. All federal....She will be locked up in a mental ward in a PRISON

Oh for the love of EVERYTHING! Can someone PLEASE shut Ryan Mc Cracken THE HELL UP?!?!

Shes a spoiled brat, her profile says "life is a game". she played w a lot of people. Her tweets about others are repulsive.

If she was black or hispanic she would go to jail, and no one would have even heard about what she did.

Why does it have to be one way or the other? I think what kara did was terrible and selfish but then on the other hand I'm happy the young girl is home..none of us will know why she did this untill there is an interview w her..and then maybe we will all be very surprised on what she has to say. The only sad part is now she is going to become a celebrity and maybe one day pose in playboy and make lots of money!! This is not the end for Kara Alongi she might have been smarter than we all think;) but here's my question.. Maybe someone can answer this for me.. After she tweeted there is someone in my house call 911.. Why did it take a whole hr for the parents to get home? Didn't her friends see that and find out the parents were at a town sporting event?? I dunno that was weird to me cause I live in a small town and it wouldn't take long to find me at a sporting event if my daughter tweeted something that scary.. Hmmmm

Can I just say how pathetic you all are for arguing over this when NONE of you actually know the girl? To the person who said she needs community service, she goes to my church so I'm sure she's already familiar with it. She's a good kid who fucked up. Do you all not remember being young? Christ, get your heads out of your asses and stop criticizing someone you don't even know. She could have problems at home or any number or mental disorders. You'd think older people would know when to stop judging each other. Shame on all of you.

Let's have closure now and move onto the Presidential debates tonight!

She ran away, she caused a commotion. Attention is all she wanted.

What she did was a crime. A 3rd degree felony, per NJ Law.
2C:33-3. False Public Alarms. a. Except as provided in subsection b. or c. of this section, a person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he initiates or circulates a report or warning of an impending fire, explosion, bombing, crime, catastrophe or emergency knowing that the report or warning is false or baseless and that it is likely to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transport, or to cause public inconvenience or alarm. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he knowingly causes such false alarm to be transmitted to or within any organization, official or volunteer, for dealing with emergencies involving danger to life or property.

Thanks Ryan McCrackhead....as if we don't know the law. She's a kid. Calm yourself.

And she is getting the attention she wanted. Just in our having arguments about her, we are giving it to her! Ha. I agree with you ellen! Time to focus on something that actually matters!!

and everybody can you tell madamson to call 911 and put it on a socil network and see what happens.....Well now it would be nothing because of her but if that never happened.... you my non friend would be in prison 6000 911 calls = 6000 different offenses. She should be in jail

Their are many good people in this country, but this is what the EMT's and Police are for, not just violent crimes, sometimes its a stupid move by a kid/teenager.... either way as a SOCIETY we are (Or should be) obligated to help, thats what this country was founded on and I think some of us need to remember that then worrying about how much it costs, what if a rapist was going to be driving down the turnpike right after the police found her??? Would that make it worth while?? No the fact she's home safe, is what matters, give her some community service for whatever crime that is, and its a win win, plus get her some psychiatric help, so this cry for attention is handled

What a Christian you are Juliette.."Christ, get your heads out of your asses" good for you.. Lol you must have one hell of a church for the things you're saying. No 'christian' should speak like yourself. And you clearly don't know her either, so stop assuming she's a poor helpless girl, because all of the people who actually do know her are saying how terrible she is. So we aren't just judging her from a 'mistake' she made. No good person bullies people the way she does online. Im guessing you havent seen the MANY terrible and rude posts she has made. You must not know her too well. Your church is full of a bunch of crazies clearly. Shame on you.

Thank God she's safe and may she learn and share a valuable lesson. May she get the therapy she needs and some good community service which could involve going to schools and saying not to abuse social websites with your personal issues.

I don't believe in preaching, well, I do....but believe others should do unto others as they would want to them. You don't have to be a Hater or a Holy Roller....just be good to yourself and others.....

At the end of the day everyone can look at it from all different aspects but the truth and reality of it all is that 1 She had the time to send a twitter message that caused a big uproar, hours of searching and left her parents terrified to death. 2 She obviously has many unresolved issues in her life that could steam from anywhere and obviously this is something that she and her family need to work out. 3 If it was my child who did this I would obviously want everyone out searching for her because at the end of the day, maybe she staged this whole thing but you never know what she could do to hurt herself as an end result or who could have just picked her up off the street knowing her situation and caused harm to her. 4 I do not think it is fair for this to go unpunished I do think she needs to understand what she caused and how much time was spent looking for her and the heart break that you cause a parent when a child is missing. 5 As a parent the worst thoughts come to your mind when you do not see your child sleeping in his or her bed safe and sound at the end of the day it's your child who may make mistakes or do things that are just out of pure teenage stupidity but to not have your child home and not know what happened to her it is the worst feeling in the world and your heart is torn into pieces. 6 All of you are totally able to say your opinion and freely speak your thoughts, but until you are in that situation you can not say anything on what you would/would not do

glad she was found, but she needs to pay consequences for what she cause. she should face her actions and hopefully learn from them.

How judgement people are. For God`s sake she`s just a kid. Stop thinking you all were angels.

I absolutely cannot stand how all kids get these days are a slap on the wrist. If she thinks she is grown up enough to leave home on her own, then she is grown up enough to receive the NECESSARY repercussions to her actions on twitter. She should receive community service at the very least. Maybe if we didn't baby our kids then there wouldn't be so many "bullies" and "babies." Grow up already!

Stop saying she's just a child and just a kid! She's old enough to know better! She isn't 10 years old! She's what? 16 or 17? I'm 17 years old and a teenage high school girl. I know EXACTLY what she was thinking. All teenage girls just want attention! We all try for it, some are just way more crazy then the rest of us! She knows not to do something like that. There is NO EXCUSE for what she did! Stop making excuses for her! I can't wait until the real her is revealed and you all realize how terrible this girl really is. Go look at her last posts on twitter for Gods sake. They are terrible and no one should ever say those things to or about another person. Do you not realize how many teenage girls kill themselves every year from girls like her posting things like that about them online? If anything, we should be happy her psychotic ass ran away in the first place so she could then stop bullying and then we might have been able to save a poor innocent girls life that she was bullying. You have NO idea the pressure in high school now and how pretty girls like her act. All of you are older and you think that means that you are therefore more wise, but you aren't. I'm sorry to tell you.

Everything has changed since you were in high school and you have NO idea what it is like and what she was thinking and why she did it. I had a girl at my school do somewhat of the same thing, she ran away and went to home depot's outside sheds for 2 days, and you know what she told everyone after? SHE JUST WANTED ATTENTION! And she didnt have it bad at home! She had a great life! Teenage girls are freakin crazy now. Trust me. So all you mothers and other women, stop acting like you know what a 17 year old girl was thinking and that she had it so hard. You really have no clue. You aren't a teenager anymore and you need to stop acting like you know it all. I'm pretty sure every teenage girl has fought with their parents and wanted to run away or threatened them that she was going to. You know why? FOR ATTENTION! I can't stress that enough! I bet you her parents wouldnt let her do something, or wouldn't get her something, and she got pissed and left! It happens all the time! But she wanted to go out with a bang, because she's clearly a drama queen, I think you would agree if you had seen all of her twitter posts..so just stop. Stop making excuses for this girl. She doesn't deserve your sympathy and she isn't a child anymore. She was taken to a hospital right when she was found for evaluation and they said nothing was wrong! She's old enough to know better and does not deserve anything from any of us.

Darian, one thing that you don't seem to understand is the fact that we adults DO understand. Do you think that girls when we were teenagers didn't do things for attention? I can't even begin to tell you half the garbage that girls in my school had done, all in the name of attention. Stop acting like this is something new that your generation created, because it's not.

You are correct on one thing though ... Kara is most definitely old enough to know what she was doing was wrong. I don't think that a lot of the commenters are making excuses for her per say (sp?), but the fact that many of them do understand how troubling it is to be a teenager. The pressures that are put on them, kids at school in the popular groups .... they have always been cruel to the non-popular kids. And if you were in that popular group, you didn't dare go against your friends, for risk of being shunned by those "friends". And your generation has one thing that we didn't have when we were your age ... the advantage of hiding behind a computer or cell phone w/regards to twitter. No, our generation said those things to their targets' faces. Hiding behind something like twitter ... anyone can get a hold of your account and act as you. I'm not saying that's the case here, as I do believe (knowing a few people who do know Kara and speaking with them today) that she truly is that person from her tweets. It's a shame too.

I just hope that she really does get the help that she does need. If for nothing else, to find out what inside of her causes her to behave in such a way and do what she did to her family. I hope that she's also faced with a few consequences and deals with them as she should.

I can promise you right now, if you went back to high school you would be so incredibly shocked. You truely have no idea. It's not "something new my generation created" I didn't say that at all, thanks. So stop acting like a know it all now. You might have known alllll about high school drama 20 years ago, but it's completely different and way more serious than you might think.

And I don't mean this in a bad way at all. I don't want it to come out bad. But I am very well known at my school and I don't call myself "popular" but I've been told that I am well known. And not for bad reasons. I am a senior at my school and a varsity cheerleader for 4 years, Ive had an amazing boyfriend for 2 years now and I know all about the "cool" kids and the "not so cool" kids. I can tell you right now, wether you believe it or not, whenever I have ever seen someone getting picked on or made fun of, I am the first person to get involved. I broke up a fight at the end of the year last year because a smaller boy almost got jumped, and I got hit by the guy bullying him and he was charged with battery and assult on me. All "popular" kids aren't terrible. Some are popular for the wrong reasons..and she's one of those girls. It doesn't have to do with the popular kids being mean to the non popular kids, it's just people being mean now to everyone. It is nothing like it used to be 20 or 30 years ago when you were in high school.

When the "popular" kids were all dumb jocks and cheerleaders. The "popular" kids now are the smart people. Not one cheerleader or football player or "popular" kid has below a 3.5 gpa. It's not the smart kids getting bullied. You DON'T understand. I never said it was something my generation made up. Everything changed in 30 years, and it's not a thing like it used to be. You aren't in high school anymore, so stop acting like you are and like you have the inside scoop of what teenagers think about and why they do the things they do.

Funny how you automatically assume that back in my day (not all that long ago thankfully) that our popular kids were all the dumb jocks and cheerleaders. As if you KNOW FOR A FACT that that is true. I only wish that it were .... then this conversation you and I are having would be a complete no brainer (no pun intended of course). But you are incorrect. Maybe in some areas, that's how it was, but I can promise you, where I grew up and went to school ... those popular kids, more than the majority of them were the smart kids as well. In our school, if you were involved in sports, as it sounds like from your school, any student that had below a 3.5 gpa, they were no longer allowed to participate in their sport, or what other extra curricular activity for that semester/season or possibly even the school year. Some things do change, yes. And in today's world, quite a bit has changed that your generation has to deal w/vs. what mine had to. Yet on the same token, some things never change & where some of us speak as though we have absolutely NO clue as to what's going on? It's more like we speak from at least some kind of experience and can only hope that we can have some sort of positive influence on at least our own children in hopes that they won't fall into that sort of behavior that unfortunately has taken over quite a lot of today's youth. Thankfully it sounds like your parents don't have too much to worry about w/you regarding that.

Darian, I have enjoyed our back and forth tonight. As I said, it doesn't sound like your parents have too much to worry about with the head that you have on your shoulders. All the best to you going forward and I hope that you enjoy your senior year! It's been a pleasure. Thanks for the good debate.

I agree. I respect your opinion and I hope you feel the same. You made good points and I do understand where you are coming from with certain things. Thank you! You too!

It's difficult not to respect someone who can debate w/out getting nasty and jump down the other's throat. And I do understand where you're coming from on certain things as well and do agree w/a lot of them. Thank you too! Best of luck to you w/everything!

Ryan mc cracken get your facts straight before you post such harmful things about her. I'm sure you never did one big mistake as a child. She wasn't found by state troopers she went to a Burger King and called 911 to get her. It bothers me that people want to charge this girl she has been through so much emotionally and her family has also. Why would you want to make her go through a strenuous process of being charged with several offenses.it is so sad because if someone you loved or cared about pulled a stunt like this you would be going crazy for any attempt to find them.

I never said I was an angel or even perfect nobody is. The girl should be charged with the criminal offenses she created. If she was my daughter sister cousin whatever. She did not call 911 from a burger king rest stop like you are reading or have read in articles on line. She was picked up walking on the turmpike which is illegal as well. Like I said b4 they didn't care or know who it was until they got out of there vehicles. There is no reason for her to call 911 because she wasn't in any trouble. That would just go against her like all the others that were made for her when she willingly left her home.

The authorities said the other night that she was in no danger so calling 911 again would hurt her even more. I agree with you "finding a family member" part but if I was her parent I would properly and upsettleling let her face what she did and created. She caused a nationwide (worldwide) scare for herself. Why should she get off scott free? I feel sorry for people wo think she should no matter what her or her family is going threw. There are other things that are way more important than that child that authorities needed to pay attention to. I love when Clark's property taxes raise up just because of what she did. Do you think everyone is going to agree to that and like it and take it like a good citizen.....You know they won't. Am I glad that her parents know where she is? Of course I do. They can and should be just as happy if they know where she is and can't leave by sitting in a jail cell. So your attitude is if the kid was not your "Clark white family like the Cleavers" and something else he/she should be sitting in a jail. Her being like this because her parents wanted to move 10 minutes away to Berkely Heights not a state or an hour 10 minutes away...or that she had under age drinkers in her house and when her parents found out and was mad. That gives her the right to cause what she did?

people who leave there comments of "leave her be" should know what she caused to her family friends and town we live in. The girl needs to be charge doesn't matter who she is. Twitter has every right and will build a lawsuit against this girl. Things will be changed when it comes to emergency phone calls in our county because of this. She needs to made an example out of. Once again, no matter who she is

Victoria where have you been for the past week? There NO were signs of a break in NO damage at all to the house inside or out. The Best part is....she locked the door behind her when she willingly got up and left.

Madamson she was not picked up at a burger king and did not call 911 from there. She was approached by 2 state troopers for wandering on the turn pike...another illegal thing she was doing. It was called in on the police radio not 911. I wish people would stop helping this girl by covering it up for her. Everyone needs to stop feeling sorry for her.

http://www.njsp.org/ if she called 911 it would have made the page. It's not there wonder why? Because she didn't

i am friends with several members of the clark police department. I know for a fact she did call 911 from the Burger King. As of now the authorities are just trying to find out what was going through her mind when she left and her whereabouts while she was missing. If this was anyone in your family Ryan Mc Cracken I'm sure you would not mind having the taxes raised if it meant they would come home safely. Im sure many people in Clark are fine with a small raise in taxes if that means the town is safer and able to help/protect children and get them home whether they leave by being kidnapped or runaway. I really hope that you understand that money is only an object this girls life was in danger the whole time she was missing and we should all be okay with spending a few extra dollars so the proper authorities are able to find her and bring her home safely.

False alarm, let's blow the national news feed about a 16 year old brat who wanted some attention. And to you commenters, stop living in your little fantasy world and trying to defend people's negligent actions. Not enough realists in this country.

Union County prosecutors office started the case against her! Finally people with brains

For the past three days, Ryan McCracken has had an awful lot to say about something that he obviously knows nothing about. If you would keep updated about the topic you have been so compelled to rant and rave about, you would already know that Kara was not picked up walking along the Turnpike. She called 911 from the Burger King at Exit 1 and voluntarily went out to meet the State Troopers when they arrived. As for your accusation that she should have been arrested just for calling 911 when she was in no imminent danger, if you had read the articles and watched the news briefs, every one of them was asking Kara to please contact someone, whether it be her parents, the Clark police or 911, and that is what she did. While I know there are some people in the town who are going to be upset about the "extra tax dollars" spent as a result of this whole investigation, those dollars would have been spent whether she had been kidnapped or left voluntarily. The fact of the matter is that she was a minor who was missing and the police were going to do their job to find her either way. We are very fortunate to live in a town such as Clark, where the police typically do not have to worry about major crimes being committed on a day-to-day basis and were able to devote the time they did to finding Kara. That is one of the main reasons most of us live here. So please just keep your ignorant comments to yourself - no one wants to hear any more of them.

Thank you Tanner people need to stop defending her. Madamso...do you know what high school she went to? According to your link that you always say is the source of all information?

People who are defending this girl's actions and the fraud she committed are not doing society any favors. She did something wrong. She should be punished. Period.

I happened to read kara alongis twitter and most of her tweets were rude and hurtful to others. I saw tweets that said "youre a fat slut so bye" and things of that nature. I am 19 years old and I can tell you right now that if Kara had gone to my high school, she would have never had any friends just because of the way she is treating others. I suppose that if she was having troubles with her friends and that caused her to runaway, it was only because of her own doing. I dont know this girl personally but based off of her twitter, 99 percent of it was extremely unnecessary and rude. I definitely believe that she deserves hard punishment for this. I understand the parents worry but at the same time, if it were my children, after i took a few days to make sure they were okay, they would have consequences and lots of them. You dont just let a person do this and then say "well im just glad youre okay so its fine" NO ITS NOT FINE, you just caused the entire COUNTRY to worry and you need to be punished for it. If there are mental or emotional issues, fix it. But dont EVER let someone like kara get away with what she did.

Did they ever figure out why she did it?

No one probably wants to hear this, but everyone acts like just because shes a teenager she has the mentality of a 5 year old. She was 16 years old, she should have known better than to cause such controversy. Regardless of why she did it, I honestly think she should have serious consequences. There should be an example made of her to hopefully prevent this from occuring again.

@ Stephanie, I agree with you 100%. This young generation thinks they can cause all this worry to their family and have everything be ok. Do not understand any of them these day's and far to many are to quick to blame the parent's when most of these young people are selfish followers or way to immature to look at the problems they bring upon themselves and their parent's.