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Missing 83-year-old man found safe

Paul "Poly" Ballesteros (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept.)

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By RAVEN JACKSON and MAX MICHOR LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

March 20, 2016 - 4:03 pm

The man who had been missing since Saturday night was found Sunday afternoon, according to Las Vegas police.

Paul “Poly” Ballesteros, 83, has been safely located, according to police.

He was last seen around 8 p.m. Saturday at Binion’s Horseshoe Hotel and Casino, wearing a gray and green hat, a navy-blue shirt under a sweater, khaki pants and white shoes, the release said.

Contact Raven Jackson at rjackson@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow her on Twitter: @ravenmjackson

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The Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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