Suffolk County police have canceled a Silver Alert for a missing Ridge man who has Alzheimer's disease.
William J. Macdowall, 59, who lives at the Ridge Rest Home on Whiskey Road, was found at a convenience store Saturday.
He had last been seen leaving the Rose Caracappa Senior Center in Mount Sinai, police said early Saturday.

Suffolk County police have canceled a Silver Alert for a missing Ridge man who has Alzheimer's disease. William J. Macdowall, 59, who lives at the Ridge Rest Home on Whiskey Road, was found at a convenience store Saturday. He had last been seen leaving the Rose Caracappa Senior Center in Mount Sinai, police said early Saturday.

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