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Lyndhurst Bicyclist Struck By Gel Pellet Fired By Van Passenger From Newark, Police Say Lyndhurst Bicyclist Struck By Gel Pellet Fired By Van Passenger From Newark, Police Say
Lyndhurst Bicyclist Struck By Gel Pellet Fired By Van Passenger From Newark, Police Say A Newark man admitted firing a pellet from a "gel blaster" gun that struck a Lyndhurst bicyclist in the face, authorities said. The 24-year-old victim flagged down Officer Vincent Dorio in the area of Valley Brook Avenue and Grant Avenue and said he'd been struck in the face while riding along Ridge Road, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. A man sitting in a commercial-style van had fired the pellets, he said. Dorio broadcast a description of the van, which he and Sgt. Charles Giangeruso saw the driver park in front of a house on a residential street seconds later, the lieutenant…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Lyndhurst Woman Claims He Was Carjacked GOTCHA! Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Lyndhurst Woman Claims He Was Carjacked
Gotcha! Hit-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Lyndhurst Woman Claims He Was Carjacked A cocaine-carrying driver who fled after his sedan struck and seriously injured a Lyndhurst pedestrian claimed he’d been carjacked moments earlier and wasn’t behind the wheel, authorities said. It was all a lie, they said. Samuel Torres, 38, of Nutley was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious bodily injury, hindering his arrest and drug-related offenses, records show. Torres was driving a 2017 Toyota Camry when it struck Joy Dempsey, 56, at the corner of Grant and Valley Brook avenues near her home shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark M…

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by Jerry DeMarco