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SWAT Teams Capture Fugitive At Lyndhurst Motel Wanted For Virginia Attempted Murder, Find Gun SWAT Teams Capture Fugitive At Lyndhurst Motel Wanted For Virginia Attempted Murder, Find Gun
SWAT Teams Capture Fugitive At Lyndhurst Motel Wanted For Virginia Attempted Murder, Find Gun Lyndhurst police tactical units captured a fugitive wanted for attempted murder in Virginia who they said had a handgun in his hotel room, authorities said. The department's SWAT and crisis negotiation team went to the Winslow Hotel just off Route 3 around 9:50 a.m. Sunday. They'd been alerted by the Smyth County Sheriff's Office that Andrew Wyble, 25, had been staying there, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Wyble -- who most recently had a Bloomingdale address -- was wanted for an attempted homicide from late last month, he said. Authorities in Smyth County also said he may be suicida…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lyndhurst PD: Driver Racing Into Troublesome Motel Lot Had 80 Heroin Folds, Crack, More Lyndhurst PD: Driver Racing Into Troublesome Motel Lot Had 80 Heroin Folds, Crack, More
Lyndhurst PD: Driver Racing Into Troublesome Motel Lot Had 80 Heroin Folds, Crack, More A Lyndhurst police sergeant whose cruiser was nearly struck by a van barreling into the parking lot of a troublesome motel found the driver carrying more than 80 folds of heroin, among other drugs, authorities said. Sgt. Rick Pizzuti was pulling out of the Winslow Hotel lot while on routine patrol around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday night when a 2003 GMC van sped in, nearly hitting his car, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Pizzuti stopped the van, driven by Ilir Cira, 35, who initially gave the sergeant a false name when he couldn't produce a driver's license, registration or insurance, Auteri sai…

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Police: Sergeant Nabs Lyndhurst Motel Guest With Stolen U-Haul, Crystal Meth Police: Sergeant Nabs Lyndhurst Motel Guest With Stolen U-Haul, Crystal Meth
Police: Sergeant Nabs Lyndhurst Motel Guest With Stolen U-Haul, Crystal Meth A Lyndhurst motel guest was carrying crystal meth when a township police sergeant nabbed him getting into a stolen U-Haul outside a local motel, authorities said. Sgt. Rick Pizzuti was on patrol before dawn Thursday when a license plate check parked outside the Winslow Hotel on Rutherford Avenue showed the truck stolen, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Pizzuti watched the truck awhile until a man identified as 25-year-old JeanMarc Whitehall emerged from a ground-level motel room and headed to the truck shortly before 1 a.m., Auteri said. Whitehall, who said the truck belonged to someone…

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by Jerry DeMarco