Crime & Safety

15-Year-Old Goes Missing Near Crown Heights: Cops

Tanisha Mays was last seen at her home on Eastern Parkway on Thursday, police said.

Tanisha Mays was last seen at her home on Eastern Parkway on Thursday, police said.
Tanisha Mays was last seen at her home on Eastern Parkway on Thursday, police said. (NYPD.)

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police are asking for the public's help to find a teenager who went missing near Crown Heights.

Tanisha Mays, 15, was last seen at her home on Eastern Parkway near Park Place on Thursday, Dec. 3 around 10 p.m., according to police. A press release with her photo was sent out on Sunday.

Mays is described as standing 5' 4" and weighing 200 pounds. It is unknown what she was last seen wearing.

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

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