Crime & Safety

16-year-old Goes Missing In Clinton Hill: Cops

The teen was last seen at her residence on Washington Avenue, police said.

CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN — Police are asking for the public's help to find a 16-year-old girl that has been missing since Saturday.

Sarita Villegas was last seen in her apartment at 500 Washington Avenue around 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, police said. Records show she lived in apartment #2 in the building.

Villegas is described as a standing 5'1" and weighing about 130lbs. She was last seen wearing a gray sweat shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers.

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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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