Missing Upper East Side Man With Alzheimer's Found In East Harlem: Police

Update: An 84-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer's disease reported missing Friday on the Upper East Side was located by police officers in East Harlem. The NYPD's 19th precinct had sent out an alert around 3:45 that the man was last seen exiting a building on East 89th Street between Madison and Park avenues.

The man is being sent to the hospital for evaluation, police said.

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UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police are searching the Upper East Side for an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

The NYPD's 19th precinct, which patrols the Upper East Side, sent out an alert Friday afternoon on Twitter asking people to help locate 84-year-old Albert Khoury. Khoury reportedly suffers from Alzheimer's disease, according to police.

Khoury was last seen exiting a building on East 89th Street between Madison and Park avenues, police said. The man was wearing a black Yankees cap, a navy jacket, khaki pants and was carrying a black cane when he went missing, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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