Crime & Safety
Missing 71-Year-Old Man, Last Seen Leaving Group Home In Union County
Authorities are asking the public to help locate Richard Lewis. He was last seen on May 5.
FANWOOD, NJ — Authorities are asking the public for help to find a 71-year-old man named Richard Lewis.
Lewis was seen on Friday, May 5 at 6 p.m. leaving on foot from the group home, where he lives on Terrill Road in Fanwood, said Fanwood Police Department.
He was wearing black pants, a gray shirt, and a brown jacket. He is described as being a white man who is 5-foot 9-inches tall, weighing 150 pounds with hazel eyes, gray-black hair, fair complexion, and with no known marks, scars, or tattoos.
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His destination is unknown.
Police say Lewis suffers from Schizophrenia and needs to take his medication.
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Lewis was entered as a missing person into a national law enforcement database. Anyone who has contact or sees Lewis is asked to contact the Fanwood Police Department at 908-322-5000 ext. 0. Reference Fanwood Police Case# 2023-72075.
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