Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Police Find Missing Elderly Columbia Man in State Park

The 84-year-old Columbia man who was last heard from on Tuesday was located in a state park in Harford County.

Update - Police have located the missing 84-year-old delivery driver, Seyed Ghozati, safe and unharmed in his car in Susquehanna State Park in Harford County.

Original Story - 9 a.m. Wednesday

Howard County Police issued a silver alert early Wednesday morning for an 84-year-old delivery driver who was last seen leaving his Columbia home to make a delivery in Ellicott City Tuesday afternoon.

Police said family members last saw Seyed Ahmad Ghozati, 84, around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday leaving his home on Summer Leave Lane. After making the delivery, Ghozati contacted his boss several times saying he was lost, according to police. Ghozati last made contact with his boss around 12:15 a.m. on Route 175 near Route 3 in Anne Arundel County.

Police said Ghozati was last seen wearing a multi-color ski cap and a blue jacket with "RSI" imprinted on it. He was a driving a 2007 Honda Fit hatchback with the Maryland tag 1DFS36.



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