Crime & Safety
15-Year-Old Goes Missing On The Lower East Side, Police Say
A 15-year-old girl went missing Sunday evening after she was last seen at her home in Gompers Houses, police said.
LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — A 15-year-old girl went missing over the weekend on the Lower East Side, according to the NYPD.
Genesis Pettaway was last seen at the New York City Housing Authority's Gompers Houses apartment where she lives on Pitt Street about 6:20 p.m. Sunday, police said in a release Monday morning.
She is 5 feet 5 inches tall, 200 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, according to police. She was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants and 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). All calls are strictly confidential.
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