SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - A state police Air Wing crew is being credited with helping to locate a missing Somerville man with autism on Monday, officials said.
At about 6:30 p.m., the Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Watch Center notified the Air Wing that Somerville police were searching for for a 22-year-old man with autism who was wearing a tracking device and last seen leaving a group home on East Albion Street.
After hours of searching, the Air Wing crew picked up a signal about 8:25 p.m. and tracked it to a local AutoZone.
A trooper on the ground using a hand-held tracking device found the man at the Union Square Smoke Shop.
He was later turned over to the care of Somerville police.
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