Quantcast

The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.
Read the press release here.

Police Searching for Missing Elderly Bronx Man

By DNAinfo Staff on February 4, 2012 11:18am

Lucas Poe, 83, went missing in The Bronx on Thurs., Feb. 2, 2012, police said.
Lucas Poe, 83, went missing in The Bronx on Thurs., Feb. 2, 2012, police said.
View Full Caption
DCPI

By Sarah Tan

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer 

BRONX — Police are searching for an elderly man who went missing in The Bronx this week.

Lucas Poe, 83, of Washington Avenue in the Claremont section of The Bronx, was last seen outside 569 Courtlandt Ave. about 2 p.m. on Thurs., Feb. 2, police said.

He was wearing a brown jacket, burgundy shirt, blue jeans, black shoes and a black hat with white letters, the NYPD said.

Poe is described as standing 5-foot-8 and weighing approximately 180 lbs, with brown eyes and balding salt-and-pepper hair.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577.