Crime & Safety

Silver Alert Issued for Missing Coram Man

Earlston Burrows, 82, was last seen leaving his home Tuesday morning, police say.

Suffolk County Police have issued a Silver Alert for an 82-year-old Coram man who went missing Tuesday morning. 

Police say Earlston Burrows, who recently had lung surgery, was last seen leaving his home on Ridge Road in his car at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. 

Burrows was driving a 1999 green Mercury Cougar with New York license plate number Y187WG, police said. 

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Burrows is described as a black male with salt and pepper-colored hair. He is 5-foot-9 and weighs 145 pounds. He was wearing black pants, black shoes and a blue knit cap when he was last seen. 

Police are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.

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