Central Brooklyn

Missing Person: Ditmas Park

Liena Zagare

Apr 24, 2017 — 1 min read

The New York City Police Department is asking for help in finding 28-year-old Haroon Butt, who was last seen on Saturday morning, April 22, 2017, at home on 700-block of Coney Island Avenue.

He was reported missing on Sunday, April 23, and is described by the police as a 6-foot tall white man, 210 pounds, with a muscular build, light complexion, black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, black t-shirt, blue sneakers, and a blue winter hat.

Haroon Butt seems to be the same person who had a rather interesting run-in with the law this time last year – “Hit-and-run suspect won’t let go of his kitty during arrest” was the headline NY Post used in the story.

Anyone with information in regards to this missing is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS 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 texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

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