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Officers Find Repeat Restraining Order Violator Hiding Beneath Bed: Lyndhurst PD Officers Find Repeat Restraining Order Violator Hiding Beneath Bed: Lyndhurst PD
Officers Find Repeat Restraining Order Violator Hiding Beneath Bed: Lyndhurst PD A Lodi man jailed several times the past few months for restraining order violations tried hiding from police while doing it again, authorities said. Joseph Minniti, 37, had gone to a Lyndhurst residence to confront a family member who had a court order barring him from the home near Riverside County Park, Police Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Police were called around 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, after Minniti forced his way in, the lieutenant said. Officers Steve Batista, Mark Rivera, and Michael Carrino found him hiding under a bed on the second floor, Auteri said. Minniti remained hel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Lodi Native Competes On Food Network Series With Martha Stewart Lodi Native Competes On Food Network Series With Martha Stewart
Lodi Native Competes On Food Network Series With Martha Stewart A Lodi resident is putting her culinary expertise to the test as a competitor on the new Food Network series, “Bakeaway Camp With Martha Stewart.” Jessica Lugo is one of six amateur campers and competitors on the show, which is described as “equal parts baking boot-camp and camp-inspired games and challenges.” The show's premier is set for Monday, May 11 at 9 p.m. on Food Network. "Bakeaway Camp" comprises four, one-hour episodes involving a series of challenges designed to test culinary prowess in an outdoor camp-like setting. The competitors will be under the watchful eye of “camp dire…

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by Valerie Musson
Lifestyle
Scammed: Lodi Woman In Credit Card Debt From Bogus Facebook Lottery Scammed: Lodi Woman In Credit Card Debt From Bogus Facebook Lottery
Scammed: Lodi Woman In Credit Card Debt From Bogus Facebook Lottery A 55-year-old Lodi woman says she is in credit card debt -- and she's blaming Facebook scammers. In 2016, Kathryn Schwartz lost $1,742 attempting to claim bogus Facebook lottery winnings, according to a new report in The New York Times. She says in the article that she has been thwarting off and reporting messages from scammers ever since then. The New York Times found 205 accounts impersonating Mark Zuckerberg on both Facebook and Instagram, at least 51 of them lottery scams.  Schwartz recently received a message from an account named Mary Williams saying she would help claim her winning…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Support Surges For Comatose Lodi Woman Support Surges For Comatose Lodi Woman
Support Surges For Comatose Lodi Woman The community is rallying for a Lodi woman who remains in a medically induced coma days after being rushed to the hospital with a brain arteriovenous malformation. Dana La Torre was feeling fine and then suddenly had a headache, felt numbness in her arm and fell unconscious, according to a GoFundMe. She was rushed to the emergency room where doctors told her family she had an AVM that had ruptured. An AVM is a tangle of abnormal blood vessels connecting arteries and veins in the brain. Dana has had four surgeries and remains under close observation. More than $2,000 had been raised for Da…

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by Cecilia Levine