Palatka police search for South Carolina man

Cops: Wallace 'Buster' Gerrald traveled to obtain some documents

Wallace Gerrald.

PALATKA, Fla. – The Palatka Police Department is searching for a man from South Carolina who was last seen last week.

Wallace T. "Buster" Gerrald, 85, was last seen within Palatka at noon Tuesday

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Police said Gerrald traveled from Horry County, South Carolina, to Palatka on Tuesday to obtain some legal documents and should have returned to South Carolina later in the day.

Gerrald was last seen driving a white-colored 2013 Ford F-150 truck bearing South Carolina tag DEQ-188, police said.

"We have been in contact with Gerrald's family and the Horry County Sheriff's Office in an attempt to locate him," Capt. Matt Newcomb said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Palatka Police Department at 386-329-0115 or through central dispatch at 386-329-0801.