Crime & Safety
Firm Offering $5K for Return of Missing Queens Youth
Also, boy's family is suing the city and a vigil will be held tonight.
A Manhattan law firm is offering a reward for the safe return of a Rego Park youth who has been missing for a week.
Avonte Oquendo, 14, was last seen leaving Long Island City’s Center Boulevard School just after 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 4.
Law firm Mayerson & Associates has announced that it would pay $5,000 for the safe return of the boy, who is autistic and cannot communicate verbally.
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The law firm almost exclusively represents individuals with autism.
“We cannot begin to imagine what Avonte’s family is going through,” the firm wrote in a statement. “Time is of the essence.”
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Those with information about the missing boy can contact the firm by calling 212-265-7200. Mayerson & Associates is located at 330 West 38th St., Suite 600.
Oquendo is five-feet-three-inches and 125 pounds. He was last seen wearing a grey striped shirt, black jeans and black sneakers.
The boy’s family has filed a claim to sue the city and the school on the grounds that the youth was not properly supervised, 1010 Wins reported.
A vigil is being held tonight next to the Center Boulevard School.
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