Crime & Safety

Brooklyn 16-Year-Old Missing From School For Troubled Youth: Cops

Erickita Erazo was last seen on July 20 at the Pleasantville school, according to police.

Erickita Erazo was last seen on July 20 at the Pleasantville Cottage School, according to police.
Erickita Erazo was last seen on July 20 at the Pleasantville Cottage School, according to police. (NYPD.)

BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn teenager has been reported missing from a school for troubled youth in Westchester, according to police.

Erickita Erazo, who is from the Red Hook Houses, was last seen around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20 at the Pleasantville Cottage School, according to the NYPD. A press release was sent out by the NYPD about Erazo on Wednesday.

The Pleasantville Cottage School advertises itself as a "home to emotionally troubled boys and girls," according to its website. It is found on Broadway in Pleasantville, N.Y.

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Erazo is described as standing 5’04” and weighing 120 pounds.

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

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