Crime & Safety
Missing Girl Last Seen On The Lower East Side, Police Say
Have you seen this child? Police are searching for the 14-year-old, who they say has been missing since Thursday.
LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who they say was last seen on Thursday morning in her home on FDR Drive, near the Williamsburg Bridge.
Shaniya Ellis was last seen on Thursday at about 11:40 a.m., police say. At the time she was wearing a green sweatshirt, jeans and blue and green sneakers, according the NYPD.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact police: Anyone with information in regards 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 at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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