Copiague Teenager Reported Missing: PD

COPIAGUE, NY — Suffolk County Police are asking for the public's help to locate a Copiague teenager who was reported missing Tuesday night.

Justin Morales, 14, was last seen leaving his Hawkins Boulevard home, at about 4:30 p.m., police said, and was riding a purple and black spray-painted mountain bike. He was reported missing by a family member around 8:30 p.m., police said.

Morales is Hispanic, 5-feet, 5 inches tall and 100 pounds. He has brown eyes and curly black hair, and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with “NASA” written on the front in reflective material, dark jeans with rips, and white Air-Force Nike sneakers, police said. He was also carrying a black book bag containing white clothes and a Sony PlayStation.

Police said he may be headed to his father’s home, located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Possible other locations include Tanner Park in Copiague, Target in Copiague, and Copiague Middle School.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on Morales’s location to contact First Squad detectives at 631-854-8152 or 911.