Crime & Safety

Sheriff's Office: Elderly Ball Ground Man Found in Gilmer County

"He's in good shape," official says.

A missing Ball Ground man with dementia is safe, said Lt. Jay Baker, spokesman for the .

"Found in Gilmer County overnight," he said in an email to Canton-Sixes Patch. "He is in good shape. I don't have any more info at this time."

Tommie Barber, 84, had . He called family at 7 p.m. to say he was lost.

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Baker issued a missing person's alert at 11:09 p.m. Thursday when relatives said they hadn't heard from Barber.


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