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Winners: 7 NJ Mega Millions Players Take Home $110K
There were seven third-tier prizewinning lottery tickets sold in New Jersey for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, state officials said.
Two of those lucky tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prizes to $30,000 apiece.
The players matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn to win the $10,000 prize.
The winning numbers for the Feb. 23 drawing were: 05, 07, 09, 20, and 57. The Gold Mega Ball was 15, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03.
The winning tickets were sold at the following locations:
Ocean County ($30,000): Bay Avenue Farm, …
Feds: Paroled Jersey Shore Child Porn Collector Does It Again
A convicted Jersey Shore child porn collector was caught doing it again, federal authorities said Monday.
Andrew Ramey, 34, of Brick, began trafficking images of "child sexual abuse and child pornography" via the BitTorrent Network in March, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Monday.
A raid of Ramey's home on Friday turned up "multiple images and videos containing images of child sexual abuse, as well as BitTorrent software," on his cellphone, Carpenito said.
Ramey, who already had a federal conviction for child porn possession, was arrested on charges of possession and distribut…
Feds: Two NJ Bloods Subset Leaders Nabbed With Pounds Of Fentanyl, Heroin
An investigation into drug trafficking in Monmouth and Middlesex counties and elsewhere led to the arrests of two reputed ranking Bloods gang members, federal authorities said Friday.
Leonard “Clap” Wade, 49, of New Brunswick, and Ezra “Doonka” Strong, 30, of Brick, remained in federal custody, charged with conspiring to sell nearly a pound of fentanyl and nearly four ounces of heroin.
Wade also is charged with being a convicted felon in possession of ammo, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Authorities have seized nearly two pounds of the lethal fentanyl, along with 1½ pounds of heroin, …
