Alzheimer's Patient Found Safe After Nearly Hour-Long Search

Police spent nearly an hour searching for a lost man with Alzheimer’s in Marblehead on Tuesday evening.

A post on the All Marblehead Facebook page said that the man was wearing a pink polo shirt and khakis.

Police and firefighters searched the State Street area as well as other area streets such as Gregory and Washington streets.

The 73-year-old man was reported missing at about 5:30 p.m. from a home on Mason Street.

Salem officers were also contacted to assist by administering the LoJack SafetyNet system that uses a bracelet worn by a person with Alzheimer’s to track them down. He was found, though, shortly before 6:30 p.m. at Boston Yacht Club by a member of the Fire Department before the SafetyNet system was used.