Crime & Safety
Harlem Man With Alzheimer's Disease Found After Going Missing: NYPD
A 69-year-old Harlem man was found after going missing earlier this summer, police said.
Update, Sept. 1: Gemma has been found and is safe, police said.
HARLEM, NY — A 69-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease was reported missing for the second time, according to an NYPD spokeswoman.
“This has happened in the past,” the spokeswoman told Patch.
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John Gemma was last seen Thursday at 150 Williams St. in Lower Manhattan. He was reported missing at 4 p.m., according to a police report.
Gemma, pictured above, is Black and approximately 5-feet 7-inches tall with a thin build. He has brown eyes with white or gray hair in a ponytail, said the report.
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He was last seen wearing a khaki jacket, black boots and a blue polo shirt
Anyone with information in regard to the missing is asked to call the NYPD's Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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