Police save infant thrown from balcony in New Jersey

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police in Jersey City saved a one-month-old on Saturday when it was thrown from a balcony.

Officer Eduardo Matute caught the infant after someone tossed the infant from the second floor.

Matute and others responded to a report of a man dangling the baby.

The infant was taken to the hospital but was not hurt.

Officers arrested the man accused of throwing the baby.

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