Crime & Safety

UPDATE: 50-Year-Old Man Missing in East Harlem Found Safe

The man was reported missing from Metropolitan Hospital on the border of East Harlem and the Upper East Side.

UPDATE 7/12: A man who was reported missing early this month has been located and is safe, police told Patch. Jorge Jimenez, was reported missing July 3 from Metropolitan Hospital on the border of East Harlem and the Upper East Side.

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EAST HARLEM, NY — Police are asking for the public's help to find a 50-year-old man who went missing on Sunday.

Jorge Jimenez was last seen at Metropolitan Hospital on the border of East Harlem and the Upper East Side at around noon, police told Patch. He was reported missing on Tuesday, officials said.

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Jiminez is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 193 pounds, police said. He has a heavy build, light complexion, black hair and a black beard. Jiminez is pictured above.

Anyone with information of Jiminez' whereabouts should call NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips by logging onto WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577.

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