MOISHE DRESSNER - 14 yo - Ulster County (Wawarsing), NY

Hasidic Brooklyn Teen Missing From Summer Camp

Updated: Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011, 1:27 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011, 1:04 PM EDT

BY KATHY CARVAJAL

Police across New York state are searching for a 14-year-old Hasidic boy from Brooklyn who disappeared from a summer camp in Ulster County.

Moishe Dressner was last seen Tuesday night at Camp Beth Yitzochok in the town of Wawarsing.

The teen is described by police as 5'10" tall, approximately 140 lbs. and with brown hair. He was wearing black pants and shoes with a white shirt and long black coat at the time of his disappearance, according to police.

Volunteers have joined state and local police, K9s and helicopters in the search.

A anyone with information about Dressner is asked to contact the Ulster County Sheriff's Department at 845-338-3640.

Word of Dressner's disappearance comes on the same day police in New York City arrested a man in Brooklyn in connection with the gruesome death of an Orthodox Jewish boy from Borough Park. The dismembered body of Leibby Kletzky, 8, was found in the suspect's refrigerator and in a dumspter in Brooklyn.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hasidic-brooklyn-teen-missing-from-summer-camp-20110713-KC

Police In Upstate New York Searching For Missing Brooklyn Teen
July 13, 2011 1:33 PM

WAWARSING, NY (CBSNewYork) – Officials in Ulster County are investigating the disappearance of a Hasidic teenager from Brooklyn.



The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office say 14-year-old Moishe Dressner was attending a camp in Wawarsing for Hasidic youth from the New York City area when he went missing.

Officials say he was last seen Tuesday at about 10 p.m. wearing black pants and shoes with a white shirt and a long black coat.

Several agencies, including New York State Police, New York State Forest Ranger, the NYPD and other departments are assisting in the search.

Anyone with information on Moishe Dressner whereabouts should call the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office at 845-338-3640 or your local authorities.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/07/13/police-in-upstate-new-york-searching-for-missing-brooklyn-teen/

Missing Chasidic Teen Found At Staten Island Mall
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Staff Report

The search for a Brooklyn chasidic teenager who disappeared from a camp run by the Spinka sect in upstate Ulster County ended happily on Wednesday when he was found at a Staten Island mall.

The boy, Moshe Dresner, 14, o disappeared from Camp Beth Yitzochok in Dairyland, in the Catskills, Tuesday night.

ABC News said police using dogs, helicopters and volunteers searched the area surrounding the camp for hours, at the same time another search was underway for a missing chasidic child in Borough Park, who was later found to have been murdered.

When Dresner called his parents Wednesday afternoon saying he didn't know where he was, police traced the call to Staten Island, authorities told ABC. It's unclear how and why he made the trip downstate.

http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking_news/missing_chasidic_teen_found_staten_island_mall