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Jingle Brawl: Elmwood Park Police Officer Throws Hat In Ring, Wins Charity Boxing Match Jingle Brawl: Elmwood Park Police Officer Throws Hat In Ring, Wins Charity Boxing Match
Jingle Brawl: Elmwood Park Police Officer Throws Hat In Ring, Wins Charity Boxing Match Elmwood Park Police Officer Mike Sammarone had a puncher's chance when he agreed to fill in at a boxing match with no experience. And he made the most of it. Sammarone had all of three weeks to prepare for the Brothers Before Others law enforcement charity event in Phillipsburg. So the six-year veteran went to Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno and UFC Bare Knuckles Boxer Jimmie Rivera, who operate a mandatory defensive tactics training program for borough officers. "We immediately began training him twice a day," Foligno said. "His hard work paid off." Dubbed "The Rhino," Sammaro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Law Enforcement Sends Love To Ailing Daughter Of Port Authority 'Brothers Before Others' Member Law Enforcement Sends Love To Ailing Daughter Of Port Authority 'Brothers Before Others' Member
Law Enforcement Sends Love To Ailing Daughter Of Port Authority 'Brothers Before Others' Member A Port Authority police officer’s daughter who was given a 10% chance to live after she wasn’t supposed to even survive childbirth has gotten lots of love from law enforcement as she enters a series of difficult and delicate surgeries. Emerson Oliveri, 11, hopes to be an officer herself someday, just like her dad, Joshua, who works at the Holland Tunnel. Emerson was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), which required medical procedures to keep her liver, stomach, spleen and intestines out of her chest and turn her heart in the right direction. She’s undergone many surgeries o…

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by Jerry DeMarco