Crime & Safety

58-Year-Old Has Been Missing For Weeks In Brooklyn: Cops

Anthony Wright was last seen at his home on Dec. 14, police said.

Anthony Wright was last seen at his home on Dec. 14, police said.
Anthony Wright was last seen at his home on Dec. 14, police said. (NYPD.)

BROOKLYN, NY — Cops are asking the public's help to find a 58-year-old man who has been missing for weeks in Brooklyn.

Anthony Wright was last seen at 6 a.m. on Dec. 14 in his apartment on East New York Avenue, which appears to be in a permanent supportive housing complex run by Volunteers of America, according to police and the VOA website. Police released a notice about Wright on Jan. 8.

He is described as standing 5’7” tall, weighing 140 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and blue jeans, police said.

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Anyone with information in regard to this individual 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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