12G reward for info on missing boy with Staten Island ties
Published: Friday, April 20, 2012, 6:33 PM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly today appealed to the public to help cops find a young Staten Island boy who vanished from a Brooklyn foster home two years ago.
Kelly said a $12,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the disappearance of Patrick Alford.
Patrick, then 7, was last seen on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at 9 p.m. in the vicinity of 130 Vandalia Ave., in East New York's Spring Creek Development.
At the time he went missing, Patrick was 4-feet 8-inches tall and weighed 65 pounds, said police. He was wearing a red T-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers. Patrick had a scar on his left eyebrow, cops said.
The boy had been placed in a foster home after his biological mother, Jennifer Rodriguez of New Brighton, lost custody of him and her two daughters on Dec. 26, 2009, following her arrest on theft charges. Patrick was placed with foster mother Librada Moran.
Ms. Moran told police Patrick was with her when she took out the trash, then disappeared when she turned to answer her cell phone.
Ms. Rodriguez was jailed a week later by a Family Court judge who believed she was involved in Patrick's disappearance. She was released after several days when the city Administration for Children's Services determined that was not the case.
Ms. Rodriguez has sued the city in Brooklyn federal court, accusing it of negligence.
The boy's father, Patrick Alford Sr. has filed a similar federal lawsuit. Both actions are pending.
Kelly issued his appeal during an NYPD SHIELD counterterrorism conference.
He asked anyone with information about Patrick's whereabouts to call the NYPD CrimeStoppers tip line at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Refer to CrimeStoppers poster number BK-1726.
Tipsters also can log onto www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or send information via text message by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All calls will be kept confidential.
Kelly said a $12,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the disappearance of Patrick Alford.
Patrick, then 7, was last seen on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at 9 p.m. in the vicinity of 130 Vandalia Ave., in East New York's Spring Creek Development.
At the time he went missing, Patrick was 4-feet 8-inches tall and weighed 65 pounds, said police. He was wearing a red T-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers. Patrick had a scar on his left eyebrow, cops said.
The boy had been placed in a foster home after his biological mother, Jennifer Rodriguez of New Brighton, lost custody of him and her two daughters on Dec. 26, 2009, following her arrest on theft charges. Patrick was placed with foster mother Librada Moran.
Ms. Moran told police Patrick was with her when she took out the trash, then disappeared when she turned to answer her cell phone.
Ms. Rodriguez was jailed a week later by a Family Court judge who believed she was involved in Patrick's disappearance. She was released after several days when the city Administration for Children's Services determined that was not the case.
Ms. Rodriguez has sued the city in Brooklyn federal court, accusing it of negligence.
The boy's father, Patrick Alford Sr. has filed a similar federal lawsuit. Both actions are pending.
Kelly issued his appeal during an NYPD SHIELD counterterrorism conference.
He asked anyone with information about Patrick's whereabouts to call the NYPD CrimeStoppers tip line at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Refer to CrimeStoppers poster number BK-1726.
Tipsters also can log onto www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or send information via text message by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All calls will be kept confidential.
Patrick Alford Sr. is the father of Patrick Alford Jr., above, who at age 7 disappeared from an East New York foster home on Jan. 22, 2010.
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