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Wheelchair-bound man found after going missing from Belmont Cragin

By David Struett

screen_shot_2019_05_03_at_8.03.05_pm_e1556931839589.png — John O’Grady | Chicago police

A 70-year-old man reported missing from Belmont Cragin on the Northwest Side has been found.

John O’Grady was last seen April 4 in the 2400 block of North Central Avenue, Chicago police said in a missing person alert.

Police canceled the alert Wednesday, stating that O’Grady had been located. Further details were not provided.

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