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WHO IS HE? Unidentified Jogger Unresponsive After Collapsing At Lyndhurst Park WHO IS HE? Unidentified Jogger Unresponsive After Collapsing At Lyndhurst Park
WHO IS HE? Unidentified Jogger Unresponsive After Collapsing At Lyndhurst Park Authorities were trying to identify a jogger who collapsed Wednesday morning while running in a park in Lyndhurst. The jogger -- believed to be in his 50s to early 60s -- stopped and hunched over, then grabbed his chest and collapsed on the running track in Riverside County Park North around 9 a.m. May 3, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Police officer brothers Angel and Steven Batista and Detective Thomas McSweeney began CPR on the unresponsive victim, who Auteri said wasn't carrying any identification. They applied defibrillator shocks, the third of which revived him, the lieutenant sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Burglars Posing As Contractors Nabbed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Into Newark Ends In Crash Burglars Posing As Contractors Nabbed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Into Newark Ends In Crash
Burglars Posing As Contractors Nabbed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Into Newark Ends In Crash Two burglars who tried to blend in as home-repair contractors in Lyndhurst were arrested following a police pursuit that ended when they crashed a stolen commercial truck in Newark, authorities said. Credit for the capture goes to area residents, Lyndhurst police said. The driver, Nathaniel Barreto, 39, of Newark took off on foot after the crash but was quickly grabbed, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Passenger Philip Zaragoza, 41, also of Newark, said he was having withdrawal from using heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine and was quickly taken to an area hospital, he said. Officer Anthony G…

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by Jerry DeMarco