Missing person spotted at Belmont

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      Nassau police said a man who went missing on Monday was seen with his bicycle at Belmont Racetrack in Elmont sometime between 2 and 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
      Keith Siegel, 47, who detectives said has a "diminished mental capacity," has not been seen since he left his Russell Gardens group home on Monday morning. Siegel is described as a white male, 5'7", between 185- and 200-pounds, with brown eyes, short, gray wavy hair with a medium build. He was last seen on his bicycle wearing glasses and a blue bicycle helmet.
      Siegel is known to frequent fast food establishments and diners, and requires medication, police said. After he was spotted at Belmont on Wednesday, police said Siegel was seen riding his bicycle later that afternoon on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow.
      Siegel's group home is on Melbourne Road in Russell Gardens, a village in northwestern Nassau at the border of Queens, and is located more than seven miles from Belmont and about 12 miles from Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow.
      Detectives ask anyone with information pertaining to the above person to contact the Missing Person Section at (516) 573-7347. All information will remain confidential, they said.