{"id":238829,"date":"2026-05-21T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238829\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T01:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:19:10","slug":"university-heights-police-appeal-for-help-locating-18-year-old-teen-reported-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238829\/","title":{"rendered":"University Heights: Police Appeal for Help Locating 18-Year-Old Teen Reported Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NYPD is seeking the public\u2019s help locating an 18-year-old male youth reported missing from the University Heights section of The Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said Kevin Scott of 2190 University Avenue, The Bronx, was last seen at his home on Thursday, May 7, at around 10.20 a.m. He\u2019s described as male, has a medium complexion, a slim build, is around 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 144 pounds, and has brown eyes and black hair. His clothing description on May 7 is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s 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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1779405598886000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3hGXTS6Ho9BW6Ijz7BkGB7\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<p>All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD is seeking the public\u2019s help locating an 18-year-old male youth reported missing from the University Heights&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-238829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}