Crime & Safety
Missing Paulding Man Found Safe In Macon
The 91-year-old man was described as disoriented but physically unharmed when he was found hours away from home.

DALLAS, GA — A 91-year-old man who went missing from his Paulding County home early Monday has been found safe.
Johnnie L. Braden, who was the subject of a Mattie's Call, was located at a gas station in Macon, off of Riverside Parkway Monday night, according to the Paulding County Sheriff's Office. He was described as "disoriented but physically okay."
Medical professionals evaluated him in Macon before he was returned to his family in Paulding County.
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Braden was believed to have left home, at 343 Helms Dr., a Powder Springs address, at about midnight Monday looking for his lost dog.
Photo courtesy Paulding County Sheriff's Office
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