( CNN ) -- South Carolina authorities have located a 555-pound teenager and his mother , who faces a charge of violating a custody order , police said Thursday . Alexander Deundray Draper , 14 , `` is possibly at a stage of critical health risk , '' social services said . Alexander Deundray Draper , 14 , of Travelers Rest , South Carolina , and his mother , Jerri Althea Gray , were located at about 4:30 p.m. near a laundromat in Baltimore , Maryland , by the Baltimore County Sheriff 's Office , said Matt Armstrong , a spokesman for the Greenville County Sheriff 's Office in Greenville , South Carolina . `` Draper was checked out by EMS [ Emergency Medical Services ] personnel and turned over to the Maryland Department of Social Services , '' Armstrong said . The South Carolina Department of Social Services will work with its Maryland counterpart to have the boy returned to South Carolina , he told CNN affiliate WYFF . The mother is being held in a detention center and will be extradited to South Carolina on an outstanding warrant , he said . Watch report on finding teen and his mother » . `` The understanding was that the individual was of the weight where it was decided by medical authorities that he needed treatment that was not being provided for by his mother , '' Armstrong said . Earlier in the day officials said the boy `` is possibly at a stage of critical health risk . '' Gray was supposed to appear in family court Tuesday with her son and failed to do so , the sheriff 's office said . During the family court hearing , the boy was ordered into state custody because of medical neglect , as well as his mother 's failure to appear . The Department of Social Services then contacted the sheriff 's office , authorities said . The warrant said Gray was served with papers Monday and told to report to court for a hearing in which the department would seek state custody of Draper . `` The defendant has avoided the custody proceeding and has concealed the child , '' the warrant says . Travelers Rest is about 10 miles north of Greenville , South Carolina . CNN 's Jackie Damico contributed to this report .
NEW : Mother , boy found near laundromat in Baltimore , Maryland . Teen weighing 555 pounds , mother were arrested after using public transportation . Judge ordered Michael Draper into custody because of medical neglect . Child ` ` possibly at a stage of critical health " , '' according to social services .