Brainerd Police Search for Elderly Man

The Brainerd Police Department is asking the public's help in locating an elderly man last seen Wednesday. 

Police say 79-year-old Richard Ernest Paquin was last seen leaving Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd around 2:20 p.m.  He is described as a white male, 5-11, 210 pounds with short silver-gray hair.  He was wearing cargo style pants, brown boots, gray stocking cap and a gray hooded sweatshirt.

Paquin suffers from a medical condition that requires medication.

Anyone who sees him is asked to call Brainerd Police at 829-2805.