Missing Glendale Man

GLENDALE (CNS) — Glendale police are asking for the public’s help to find a 72-year-old man last seen leaving a convalescent home in a wheelchair and getting on a bus.

Melvin Augustus Jones was last seen at 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 23 at the Royal Palms Convalescent Home at 630 West Broadway, Glendale Police Sgt. B. Bateman said.

Jones was a recent arrival at the home, Bateman said.

Jones is African American, 6-feet-2 and about 160 pounds. He was wearing a blue-green jacket and jeans, police said.

Anyone with information on Jones’ whereabouts was asked to call Glendale police at (818) 548-4911, or, to submit an anonymous tip, Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.