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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016 Police chase ends Suzanne Reilly, left, the guest speaker at the Annual Women Veterans Me- in Saugus River morial Cere- mony at Lynn City Hall, talks with Lorrie Landry, who led the salute to the ag at the start of the ceremony. ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE Lynn salutes women who won the wars By Leah Dearborn There are approximately 26,818 FOR THE ITEM women veterans living in Massachu- setts, according to information on LYNN — The service of some the the state’s Department of Veterans’ city’s most honorable citizens was rec- Services website. ognized Friday at the Annual Women Suzanne Reilly was the keynote Veterans Memorial Ceremony. speaker at the ceremony and re- Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy counted her experience with the U.S. talked about the status of women Army during the Vietnam Era. veterans in the city and across the “There are three things I learned state at the City Hall event spon- from basic training,” said Reilly. “Dis- sored by the Lynn Veterans Council. cipline, organization and respect.” “You all have truly been pioneers,” Also in attendance was Leda Barr, said Kennedy, who addressed a crowd who served as a nurse at a Naval that included multiple generations air base in Jacksonville, Fla. during of women veterans. “I don’t think I World War II. would be standing here in front of you if not for the moves that you made.” VETERANS, A7 SWAMPSCOTT COACH QUITS AFTER ARREST ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE By Adam Swift on Union Street. John Patterson is taken into custody after leading Lynn and Saugus police ITEM CITY EDITOR According to a police report led on a car chase through Lynn, ending at the Saugus River. in court, Robinson and the woman, SWAMPSCOTT — The boys high Glenna Tress Maher, 29, homeless of school soccer coach has resigned Lynn, drove to the entrance of High By Bridget Turcotte cording to Giorgetti. after being arrested in Lynn on Rock Park and engaged in a sex act and Thomas Grillo “Lynn police were not chasing him,” said ITEM STAFF Wednesday. in the car near the park. Lynn Lt. Richard Donnelly. “Saugus came over the air saying they were breaking off Eric Robinson, 34, of 19 Overlook According to the police report, Rob- LYNN — A Peabody man led police on a the chase. They didn’t want to go through the Ridge Drive in Revere pleaded not inson and Maher parked at the end wild chase Friday through two cities and guilty in Lynn District Court Thurs- of the circular traf c island near the wound up in the Saugus River where he was school zone at that time of day in a car chase.” day to a charge of committing an un- foot path to the park. The park was arrested. Patterson later rear-ended a Honda Ac- natural act. open and there were several families At about 2 p.m., Saugus Police of cers at- cord stopped at the traf c light at the inter- On Friday, Superintendent Pamela with small children in the area. tempted to stop a car driven by John Pat- section of Winnepurkit Avenue and Boston Angelakis’ of ce con rmed that Rob- The pair made no effort to conceal terson, 27, on Walnut Street for traf c vio- Street in Lynn, said Donnelly. Two Lynn inson had resigned as the boys soc- their act and “chose to park their lations, said Saugus Lt. Ronald Giorgetti. As women — age 27 and 25 — were not injured. cer coach. The School Department vehicle in a well-lit area that was the of cer approached the car, the driver ed Patterson again ed the scene, though the had no further comment. highly frequented by pedestrian the scene. car’s airbags had deployed, Donnelly said. Robinson was arrested shortly be- and vehicular activity,” according to Saugus Police chased the car until it He abandoned the car in a driveway on Fen- fore 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday after police. crossed into Lynn. The commanding of- ton Avenue and took off on foot. allegedly picking up a woman in an cer stopped the pursuit because of the area known for prostitution activity SWAMPSCOTT, A7 speed involved, time of day and traf c, ac- POLICE CHASE, A7 Lynn has Saugus prescription cheers on to ght drugs a cancer By Thomas Grillo and Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF survivor This weekend, the public can make a By Katie Morrison difference in the ght to end opioid addic- ITEM STAFF tion and protect their loved ones. SAUGUS — Last Thanksgiving Saturday is National Prescription Drug began just like any other for Saugus Take-Back Day, organized by the Drug High junior Tyla Morgante and her Enforcement Administration with sup- family. She’d just nished cheering port from local police departments. with the Saugus High squad and Unneeded or expired prescription drugs, watching her brother, Jake, play for can be dropped off at police stations in the Sachems in their Thanksgiving Lynn, Swampscott, Saugus, Peabody, Na- Day rivalry game. hant and Lynn eld from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. But when Tyla and her family got “The event is important for a number home, everything changed. of reasons near and dear to our hearts,” Tyla had been dealing with a nag- said Lynn Police Chief Kevin Coppinger. ging cough for a few weeks. At rst, “By disposing of these drugs, it eliminates she and her mom, Lisa Morgante, as- the possibility of someone using outdat- sumed it was just bronchitis. When ed or unneeded prescriptions, especially the cough didn’t go away, they wor- when families have inquisitive teens in ried maybe it was something else. the home who search a medicine cabinet “I had a cough, and usually every and may try something as serious as Oxy- ITEM PHOTO | KATIE MORRISON year around the fall, I get bronchi- Contin, oxycodone or Percocet.” tis. But this time, it wasn’t going Fatal opioid overdoses in the U.S. have Tyla Morgante, right, shares a laugh with her sister, Jana Morgante, tripled since 2000. In Lynn alone, 44 peo- during a Saugus High cheer practice Thursday at the School. SURVIVOR, A7 ple OD’d last year, nearly double the num- ber in 2012. Most of the deaths involve prescription opioids or heroin and people who misuse In Lynn LOOK! In Sports prescription drugs report they got them Two injured, outage, Boys & Girls Club of Revere hangs on from family or friends. INSIDE multiple accidents during Lynn do a salute for for big win DRUGS, A7 Friday night’s rain. A3 notable locals. A8 over Salem. B1 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 65° VOL. 138, ISSUE 273 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 43° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016 OBITUARIES Neil S. Anderson, 65 SharkNinja, Dyson end legal PEABODY — Neil S. Ander- nieces and nephews. He was battle over advertising claims son, age 65, of Peabody, for- also brother of the late Frank merly of Lynn died Wednesday G. Williams, Roy F. Anderson, By Denise Lavoie including spending near- at the Kaplan Family Hospice Jr. and William Anderson. ASSOCIATED PRESS ly $1 million to replace packaging. House after a brief illness. Service information: Neil’s BOSTON — Two of the But SharkNinja said Born in Lynn, he was the son funeral will be held at the most well-known names in its lawsuit that Dyson of the late Roy F. and Nita D. PARKER Funeral Home, 35 in vacuum cleaners have (O’Blenes) Anderson, Sr. Franklin St., Lynn, on Mon- ended a two-year legal dragged its feet on remov- Neil attended the Heritage day at 11 a.m., to which rel- battle over just how much ing the “twice the suction” Day Program in Peabody and atives and friends are invited their products suck. advertising claims until Danvers, and was loved by his to attend. Burial will follow Dyson, the British tech- early 2015, hindering sales peers in his group home in in Swampscott Cemetery. nology company known and market growth of Peabody. He was an avid fan Visiting hours are on Sun- for its upscale vacuums, Shark’s Lift-Away vacuum. of Elvis Presley and enjoyed day from 2–5 p.m. Please and SharkNinja Oper- Dyson filed counter- listening to all the oldies. make memorial donations ating LLC, a Massachu- claims against SharkNin- He is survived by one sister, in Neil’s name to Friends of setts-based company ja over an upright stick PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Jane and her husband Rob- Hawthorne ATTN: Scott Kluge known for its infomer- vacuum known as the ert Aylwin of Brooksville, Fla., 145 Winona St. Peabody, MA cials and lower-priced A Dyson, left, and SharkNinja cleaning heads Rocket introduced in Sep- one brother, Donald and his 01960. Guest book at park- vacuums, had sued each from an upright vacuum are positioned togeth- tember 2013. The prod- wife Mary Lou Anderson of ermemorialfuneralhome. other over advertising er at the evacuumstore.com retail location in Merryville, Tenn., and many com. uct packaging box for the campaigns in which they Braintree, Mass., Thursday. Rocket included a promo- claimed their vacuums tional statement claiming had significantly more gal fees and costs. a letter to Dyson saying it it “deep cleans carpets bet- suction or were better at The companies and their planned to introduce a new ter vs. a full size Dyson.” deep-cleaning. Each com- Water main floods lawyers declined to com- vacuum — the Shark Rota- A footnote said the pany accused the other of ment on the lawsuits or tor Powered Lift-Away Up- claim referred to only violating state and feder- the decision to withdraw right — that would make one Dyson vacuum — the trench in Boston, al laws through false and them just before trial.