Body recovered in Broad Channel identified as Far Rockaway resident Berman Gutierrez

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The body of a person found floating in Broad Channel near Lawrence at 5:40 p.m. on Aug. 9, was identified as Far Rockaway resident Berman Gutierrez, Nassau County police said.

Gutierrez, 30, went swimming off Rockaway Beach on Monday night. Emergency responders responded to Beach 13th Street and Seagirt Boulevard near 2 a.m. on Aug. 8.

Police, the county’s marine bureau and aviation, the Hempstead Bay Constable and the Long Beach Fire Department responded to the scene where Gutierrez's body was found.