Crime & Safety
89-Year-Old Goes Missing In Crown Heights: Cops
There is a silver alert out for Felipe Ortega, who was last seen at his home at the Kingsborough Houses on Sunday.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police are asking for the public's help to find an 89-year-old man who went missing in Crown Heights over the weekend.
Felipe Ortega was last seen around 8 a.m. on Sunday at his home at the Kingsborough Houses, police said. Ortega lives in the Kingsborough Extension building on Kingsborough 4th Walk, records show.
He stands 5’06" tall and weights 130 pounds, according to police, and was last seen wearing red pajama pants, a gray sweater and black 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 atWWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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