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Ex-Con Runs Out Of Gas, Gets 'Ride' From Lyndhurst Police Ex-Con Runs Out Of Gas, Gets 'Ride' From Lyndhurst Police
Ex-Con Runs Out Of Gas, Gets 'Ride' From Lyndhurst Police An ex-con with a lengthy rap sheet was walking with a gas can in the middle of the afternoon when a Lyndhurst police officer pulled up and asked where he was headed. Antwon Cooper, 43, of Hillside, NJ told Officer Matthew Giunta that his Hyundai Sonata had run out of gas just up the road. Cooper ended up getting a ride -- to police headquarters. What he didn't know was that Giunta had already found the abandoned vehicle on Polito Avenue and began investigating, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. The Hyundai had a temporary California license plate that didn't match the VIN number on the d…

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