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Silver Alert issued for missing Franklin County man

3 years ago in Local

Police have issued a Silver Alert for a 75-year-old Phillips man.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office issued the alert Tuesday for Mahlon Presby. He was last seen around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Police say he was reportedly heading from his apartment on Shadagee Lane in Phillips to his niece’s house on Rangeley Road in Avon but never arrived.

Presby is a white male, 5’08”, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He suffers from cognitive issues.

He was last seen wearing a Yahama snowmobile jacket, black jeans, LL Bean boots and a camouflage hat.

His vehicle is a 2009 green Chevy Cobalt with Maine license plate 8541XW.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.

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