Police Seek Help Locating Missing Man

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in finding a local man who was last seen on Wednesday afternoon.

Police say 74-year-old Josheph Fernandes, who lives on 4th Avenue, was last seen around 3pm on Wednesday, July 9 inside the C-Town supermarket at 329 9th Avenue between 5th and 6th Avenues.

He is described as 5’6″ tall and 150 pounds. When he was last seen at the supermarket he was wearing a black polo shirt with white strips, tan slacks and black shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s crime stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the crime stoppers website or texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.