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Two Bergen County Lotto Players Win Big Two Bergen County Lotto Players Win Big
Two Bergen County Lotto Players Win Big Two Bergen County lottery players bucked the odds, winning big bucks in Mega Millions and Powerball, respectively. A Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Lodi matched four numbers, plus the gold Mega number netting $10,000. The winning ticket was sold at Nick's Deli on Westminster Place. The winning numbers were 5, 6, 29, 32, 61 and the yellow ball was 20.  A Powerball ticket sold in Bogota matched four numbers, plus the Power Ball, netting $50,000. The winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven on Palisade Avenue. The winning numbers were 6, 15, 24, 67, 68 and the Power Ball was 11. 

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by Sam Barron
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Bogota PD: Unlicensed, Unregistered Bergenfield Company Driver Had Bogus Documents Bogota PD: Unlicensed, Unregistered Bergenfield Company Driver Had Bogus Documents
Bogota PD: Unlicensed, Unregistered Bergenfield Company Driver Had Bogus Documents A Canadian citizen working for a Bergen County construction firm was carrying bogus Texas temporary registrations for several different vehicles when Bogota police stopped him, authorities said. John Connors, 29, of Ontario, Canada also didn’t have a driver’s license or valid registration for the Dodge Ram bearing the Bergenfield-based company name when Officers Matthew Luciano and George Hondros stopped him on Palisade Avenue, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Police processed Connors and released him pending a hearing on three counts of possession of fraudulent government documents, Cole said. Co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bogota PD: Wrong-Way Driver Had Phony Credit Cards, Licenses, Benjamins, Plus Cocaine Bogota PD: Wrong-Way Driver Had Phony Credit Cards, Licenses, Benjamins, Plus Cocaine
Bogota PD: Wrong-Way Driver Had Phony Credit Cards, Licenses, Benjamins, Plus Cocaine A Bronx driver going the wrong way on a one-way street was carrying bogus credit cards in nine different people’s name, four counterfeit $100 bills and a gram of cocaine, Bogota police said. Sgt. Geoffrey Cole and Officers Kevin Geraghty, Lewis Duenãs and Michael LaFerrera converged after Jose Rafael Perez, 27, made an illegal U-turn and headed the wrong up Palisade Avenue, they said. A search turned up the cocaine, credit cards and bogus bills, along with several fictitious driver’s licenses from several states, Cole said. Perez was processed and released pending a court hearing on charge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teens In Leonia Police Chase Nabbed After 7-Eleven Crash In Bogota Hurls Sign Onto Roof Teens In Leonia Police Chase Nabbed After 7-Eleven Crash In Bogota Hurls Sign Onto Roof
Teens In Leonia Police Chase Nabbed After 7-Eleven Crash In Bogota Hurls Sign Onto Roof An overnight police chase Saturday that began in Leonia ended when the sedan crashed into a Bogota 7-Eleven while hurling a street sign onto the convenience store's roof. Leonia Police Officer Sihoon Chung tried stopping the 2007 Hyundai Sonata for speeding on Grand Avenue around 2:30 a.m. The 17-year-old driver from Union City turned west on Fort Lee Road and took off into Teaneck and then Bogota, Capt. Scott Tamagny said. Chung terminated the pursuit out of safety concerns, then found the vehicle involved in a crash at the 7-Eleven next to the Valero service station off the corner of Eas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bogota Car Fire Doused Bogota Car Fire Doused
Bogota Car Fire Doused No one was hurt in a car fire in Bogota late Friday, authorities said. Police and firefighters from Bogota and Ridgefield Park responded to the 11:45 p.m. fire on Palisade Avenue at Route 80, Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Bogota firefighters quickly doused the blaze.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bogota PD: Driver In Chase To Paterson Carried Fake Urine Bogota PD: Driver In Chase To Paterson Carried Fake Urine
Bogota PD: Driver In Chase To Paterson Carried Fake Urine BOGOTA, N.J. -- A driver who led police on a chase from Bogota to Paterson was carrying synthetic urine used to fool drug tests, authorities said. Another officer was coming after Monsun A. Mersier, 27, of Newark when Officer Michael LaFererra -- working a distracted driving detail -- saw him speed by on Palisade Avenue at nearly 50 miles an hour in a 25mph zone, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Unaware that another officer was pursuing him, LaFererra tried to stop Mersier -- but he "hit the gas and entered westbound Route 80, with Officer LaFererra behind," Cole said. New Jersey State…

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by Jerry DeMarco