Missing Elderly Man Returns Home Safely

A Mountain Ridge Country Club member, who had been missing for nearly 24 hours, returned to his South Orange home safely Sunday afternoon.

According to Stephen Wolsky, general manager at Mountain Ridge, Robert Puder, 69, was seen leaving the private West Caldwell club Saturday afternoon at about 3 p.m.

The New Jersey State Police issued a missing-persons silver alert for Puder, who was driving his light blue Mercedes Benz E350 with Florida license plates.

Puder's daughter told Wolsky that her father had been driving around and returned home Sunday afternoon.

West Caldwell Police Chief Michael Bramhall confirmed Puder had been located.

Bramhall said his department had been assisting South Orange police in the search and were on the lookout for Puder and his vehicle since his disappearance was reported.