Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Boy Found After 1 Week Missing
Rashard Haile, 12, went missing from his home on Midwood Street on the evening of July 6.
Pictured: Rashard Haile. Photo via NYPD
UPDATE: On July 12, the NYPD said Rashard had been found safe. Police have declined to provide Patch with further details on the case.
Original story below.
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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN — A missing 12-year-old Prospect-Lefferts Gardens boy has been missing since July 6, police said.
Rashard Haile (pictured above) was last seen at his home, located at 10 Midwood St., at about 8 p.m. on that day, according to the NYPD. He was reported missing on July 10 by his grandmother.
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Detectives describe Rashard as standing four-feet-eleven-inches tall and weighing about 105 pounds. He has a medium complexion and black hair, and was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, one gray sneaker, one black sneaker and beige shorts.
Anyone with information on Rashard's whereabouts can confidentially report it via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.
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