Deputies looking for 16-year-old who ran away from Ponchatoula home

PONCHATOULA - Deputies in Tangipahoa Parish are asking for the public's help in finding a 16-year-old girl who ran away from home.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said she was reported missing on Monday. She was last seen on Saturday, June 6, at her home in Ponchatoula.

Deputies believe she may be heading out of state, possibly as far as California.