Mt. Hope: Police Appeal for Help Locating 63-Year-Old Man Reported Missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

FREDDIE ROJAS, 63, IS reported missing.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating a 63-year-old man reported missing from the Mt. Hope section of The Bronx.

Police said that Freddie Rojas of 60 Clifford Place was last seen on Monday, June 3, at around noon at his home. They said he is described as male, Hispanic, is around 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, has a medium build, brown eyes and salt and pepper-colored hair. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt with a red letter V across the chest, light denim shorts, light gray sneakers, and a dark blue baseball cap.

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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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