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UPDATE: Neptune Beach man located safe

NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. — Update 8:50 am: Neptune Beach Police say they have located Joshua Arce safe.

Original story: Neptune Beach police are asking for the community’s help finding a blind man that went missing earlier this week.

Police say 26-year-old Joshua Arce is also mentally handicapped. He was last seen checking himself out of Memorial Hospital Monday night without being discharged. A few hours earlier he was spotted at the Beaches Branch Library with two unidentified people.

Arce was wearing a black shirt and blue shorts. He’s Asian with white, foggy eyes and has a white scar on his right forearm.

Anyone who knows the individual or knows about his whereabouts is asked to call NBPD at 904-270-2413.