Crime & Safety
Missing Elderly Man Located in 17 Minutes
Hillsborough County deputies credit the LoJack SafetyNet bracelet he was wearing for the fast return.
When 76-year-old Barrington Robinson was reported missing May 23 from the Carrollwood area it only took deputies a few minutes to find him.
Hillsborough deputies say that’s because Robinson was wearing a LoJack SafetyNet System bracelet when he was reported missing at 5:04 p.m. May 23 from his home in the 12900 block of Lake Ventana Drive. Robinson suffers from dementia and was considered endangered.
When deputies learned he was wearing a bracelet, they were able to track his whereabouts.
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“After approximately 17 minutes of the tracking equipment being activated, Robinson was located in the area of Anderson Road and Elmfield Drive,” a sheriff’s office media release said.
The sheriff’s office has been in a partnership with the Tampa Police Department since 2009 to offer Project Lifesaver to residents with cognitive disorders, such as dementia.
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For more details about this program, visit the sheriff’s office online.
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