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Silver Alert issued for 76-year-old Cabarrus County man believed to have cognitive impairment

76-year-old missing man

CABARRUS COUNTY — The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a 76-year-old man who is believed to be suffering from dementia or another cognitive impairment.

Ruben Edgar Gregory Jr. was last seen around Fenton Place, Harrisburg, wearing wearing a blue baseball hat with an eagle and yellow stitched writing, a brown t-shirt, blue jeans and brown loafers. He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds.

He is believed to have taken off in his car, a 2010 black Toyota Tundra, with a North Carolina license plate: TDK-8622.

Anyone with information about Gregory should call Detective Colin Rhinehardt at the Carbarrus County Sheriffs Office at 704-920-3000.