Crime & Safety

Watch for This Elderly Man Driving With Dementia

He lives in southern California but is from Menlo Park. Police believe he may be heading this way.

Police asked the public to be on the lookout for an 81- year-old man with moderate dementia, who drove away from his Indio home this morning.

Juan Brawner was last seen about 9:30 a.m., when he drove off in a gold- colored, 2007 Honda CRV.

Brawner is originally from Menlo Park, and relatives suspect he might be trying to drive to that Northern California city, said Indio police Sgt. Dan Marshall.

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Officers determined he used an ATM at a Chevron gas station in Thousand Palms, in the direction of Menlo Park, the sergeant said.

The Honda has a license plate number 6AXY178, surrounded by a bracket that says “Save a Life Learn CPR.”

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Anyone with information about Brawner’s whereabouts was asked to call Indio police at (760) 391-4057.

--City News Service

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