14-Year-Old Missing For A Week In Crown Heights: Cops

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police are asking the public's help to find a 14-year-old who has been missing for a week in Crown Heights.

Demetrius Belle was last seen at his apartment in the Kingsborough Houses around 7:55 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, police said. He was reported missing that day.

Police sent out a press release about Belle on April 15.

He is described as standing 5’09 tall and weighting 140 pounds. He was wearing a navy blue coat, black sweatpants and white shoes.

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.