Blotter: Overdose Victim Revived; Scrap Metal Theft

A Kendall Park man was charged this week for stealing scrap metal from area homes allegedly to buy drugs, according to police.

Dylan Giannini, 22, was charged with theft after he was found with aluminum ladders hanging out of his truck.

On Thursday at about 2 p.m., a Newman Road resident came home and allegedly witnessed Giannini leaving the driveway of her home with her husband’s ladders in the back of his truck, police said.

Soon thereafter, Sgt. Jeff Russo stopped Giannini on Route 522 with the ladders still in his truck, police said. 

The subsequent investigation revealed Giannini had allegedly stolen the items to sell for scrap so he could use the money to buy drugs, according to police.

Authorities believe Giannini is also responsible for other scrap metal thefts in the area. He was lodged at the Middlesex County Correction Center in lieu of $7,500 bail and his vehicle was impounded.

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On Thursday at 9:54 p.m., paramedics responded to the Burger King on Route 1 after receiving a report about a drug overdose.

Police said a friend of the victim called 911 reporting a 23-year-old male had taken heroin and stopped breathing.

Officers went to the scene and began to perform CPR, before paramedics soon arrived and were able to revive the man. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick where he is listed in fair condition.