Man accused of attacking postal worker in New Jersey arrested
Police said Zachary Lyttle and a second suspect, who was still on the run, pushed the postal worker to the ground and took a key used to open boxes at apartment buildings.
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Police said Zachary Lyttle and a second suspect, who was still on the run, pushed the postal worker to the ground and took a key used to open boxes at apartment buildings.
He was roughed up while working in the middle of the afternoon back on May 12.
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