Crime & Safety

14-Year-Old Goes Missing In Crown Heights On New Year's Eve: Cops

Tasia Holmes was last seen at her home on Prospect Place, police said.

Tasia Holmes was last seen at her home on Prospect Place, police said.
Tasia Holmes was last seen at her home on Prospect Place, police said. (NYPD.)

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police are asking for the public's help to find a 14-year-old who went missing in Crown Heights on New Year's Eve.

Tasia Holmes was last seen at her home, which sits on the corner of Prospect Place and Utica Avenue, around 3 p.m. on Dec. 31, police said. She was still missing as of Monday morning, police told Patch.

Police said Holmes stands approximately 5'5" tall, weighs 160 pounds and has brown eyes and blonde hair. She was last seen wearing a red bubble jacket.

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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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