Crime & Safety
Cedar Grove Police Save Intoxicated Driver Using Narcan: Blotter
The driver showed symptoms consistent with a drug overdose, according to police.
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Cedar Grove Police were able to save a driver with no pulse or signs of breathing using Narcan following a three-car crash last Friday, according to police.
Officers began to do CPR on the 53-year-old driver, who had symptoms showing a possible drug overdose and administered Narcan, a medicine used to treat suspected opioid overdose.
The man regained consciousness soon after and was taken to the hospital and later released to police. He was charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Here are other items from this week's police blotter:
On April 24: The police department participated in the Drug Enforcement Administration's Operation Take Back program, which aims to reduce abuse and misuse of pharmaceutical drugs, by encouraging the public to turn them over.
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On April 26: A resident reported a fraud, claiming someone on Facebook identified himself as a member of the US Military stationed overseas and requested that the victim send money in the form of gift cards. The victim sent a total of $6,050 before realizing it was a fraud, according to police.
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