Police save infant thrown from balcony in New Jersey

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Sunday, September 19, 2021
Police save infant thrown from balcony in New Jersey
Police in Jersey City saved a one-month-old on Saturday when it was thrown from a balcony.

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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