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Powerball Ticket Winner Worth $50K Sold At NJ Gas Station Powerball Ticket Winner Worth $50K Sold At NJ Gas Station
Powerball Ticket Winner Worth $50K Sold At NJ Gas Station A third-tier prizewinning Powerball ticket was sold in New Jersey. The ticket rom the Wednesday, Sept. 15 drawing was sold at Whitehorse Mercerville Exxon on Whitehorse Mercerville Road in Hamilton (Mercer County). The winning numbers were: 01, 04, 18, 46, and 62. The Red Power Ball number was 25. The Power Play was 3X.  More than 35,400 New Jersey players took home an estimated $205,373 in prizes ranging from $4 to $300.  The Powerball jackpot rolled to $457 million for the Saturday, Sept. 18, drawing.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Mercer County Officers Rescued After Being Carried Away By Ida Floodwaters Mercer County Officers Rescued After Being Carried Away By Ida Floodwaters
Mercer County Officers Rescued After Being Carried Away By Ida Floodwaters Three Mercer County police officers were set on survival, clinging to trees for hours after being carried away by raging Ida floodwaters Wednesday night. Hopewell Township Officer James Hoffman was responding to a flooded vehicle call on Route 518 around 8:30 p.m. when his own patrol car filled with water and got swept away, NJ Advance Media reports citing Police Director Bob Karmazin. Hoffman escaped through a window and cling to a tree for safety, just as officers Michael Makwinski and Robert Voorhees experienced the same. The two held onto trees after being carried away when attemp…

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by Valerie Musson
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Thousands Without Power As Tornados Rip Through South Jersey Thousands Without Power As Tornados Rip Through South Jersey
Thousands Without Power As Tornados Rip Through South Jersey Tornados ripped through parts of South Jersey Wednesday evening, downing trees and destroying houses along the way, the National Weather Service has confirmed (scroll down for videos). Firefighters in Harrison Township were conducting searches at nearly 100 homes on and around Josephine Lane as of 7 p.m., unconfirmed and initial reports say. More than 12,000 homes and businesses were without power around that time. According to NJ Advance Media's Outage Tracker, the majority of the outages were reported in Deptford Township (3,900), Hamilton (1,200), West Windsor (1,200), West Orange (1,50…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'The Realest': NJ Motorcyclist, 27, Killed After Being Struck By Elderly Driver, Police Say 'The Realest': NJ Motorcyclist, 27, Killed After Being Struck By Elderly Driver, Police Say
'The Realest': NJ Motorcyclist, 27, Killed After Being Struck By Elderly Driver, Police Say A 27-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a South Jersey crash on Friday, authorities said. Brandon Agron was heading north on a Kawasaki motorcycle on Route 206 near Amboy Road when he was struck from behind by a 2016 Kia Sedan around 9:45 p.m., Bordentown Township police said. Agron, of Jobstown, was pronounced dead at the scene while the Kia driver -- John Tozzi -- 82, of Hamilton -- was transported to the hospital with minor injuries, police said. Agron sustained severe injuries as a result of the collision and was declared deceased at the scene. Condolences poured in for Agron. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Off-Duty NJ Corrections Officer Critically Injured Helping In I-195 Crash Off-Duty NJ Corrections Officer Critically Injured Helping In I-195 Crash
Off-Duty NJ Corrections Officer Critically Injured Helping In I-195 Crash Support is surging for a New Jersey corrections officer who was critically injured while stopping to help at the scene of an Interstate 195 crash. Jason Rawa was headed eastbound when he saw a vehicle on the westbound side swerve to avoid a couch that had fallen off a vehicle in Hamilton, State Police said. Rawa stopped on the median to help the driver of the vehicle that went into the guardrail when another car struck the couch, crashing into the first vehicle -- pushing it into Rawa, police said. The officer was hospitalized in stable but critical condition. More than $17,700 had been r…

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by Cecilia Levine
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How Much Snow Did Your Town Get? Here's The Breakdown Across NJ, PA How Much Snow Did Your Town Get? Here's The Breakdown Across NJ, PA
How Much Snow Did Your Town Get? Here's The Breakdown Across NJ, PA A major winter storm blasted the Northeast, dropping two feet or more on some areas. Here are the New Jersey and Pennsylvania towns with the highest and lowest snow totals, according to the National Weather Service. Don't see your area? Scroll down to search for your area. Springtown, PA (Bucks): 31.2 inches Sparta, NJ (Sussex): 28.3 Bloomingdale, NJ (Passaic): 26.2 Byram, NJ (Sussex): 26 Forks, PA (Northampton): 24 Bethlehem, PA (Northampton): 22 Bridgewater, NJ (Somerset): 22 Westwood, NJ (Bergen): 20 Ridgewood, NJ (Bergen): 19.4 North Caldwell, NJ (Essex): 17.3 Newark, NJ (Essex): 16.2…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Released Gun Offender Charged With Prostituting Girl, 16, At Trenton Hotel Authorities: Released Gun Offender Charged With Prostituting Girl, 16, At Trenton Hotel
Authorities: Released Gun Offender Charged With Prostituting Girl, 16, At Trenton Hotel A Trenton man who was released after he was caught with three handguns and a missing 16-year-old girl following a high-speed police chase and crash was charged with prostituting the underage teen at a local hotel, state authorities announced. Ronald D. Harris, 40, originally was arrested on weapons charges by Trenton police and New Jersey State Police in July, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. Harris had fled a traffic stop, hitting an unmarked police vehicle with his car, running a red light and hitting speeds of up to 80 miles an hour before it slammed into a taxi,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Alert Issued For Mercer County Girl Missing Again Alert Issued For Mercer County Girl Missing Again
Alert Issued For Mercer County Girl Missing Again Police are looking for a Hamilton girl who is missing for the second time this week. Kahiee Howard, 13, was last seen 6:30 a.m. Thursday at her home on the 900 block of William Street by her mother, local police said. She had previously gone missing Monday, but was found safe on Tuesday. Kahiee is 5 feet and 4 inches tall, 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in a yellow hoodie and frequents Hamilton and Trenton. Anyone with information on her whereabouts can contact Hamilton Police Det. Patrick Tamasi at 609-581-4026.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Central Jersey Party Host, 26, Had Sex With Drunk, Incapacitated Women Authorities: Central Jersey Party Host, 26, Had Sex With Drunk, Incapacitated Women
Authorities: Central Jersey Party Host, 26, Had Sex With Drunk, Incapacitated Women A Mercer County man is accused of having sex with a pair of drunk and incapacitated women during two gatherings he hosted at his house last year, authorities charged Friday. The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office has requested Eridson M. Rodriguez, 26, of Hamilton, detained after his arrest on aggravated assault charges, Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Rodriguez was arrested last week for having sex with the 19- and 20-year-old women at his Liberty Street home during parties he hosted in March and May of last year, Onofri said. "The prosecutor’s special victims unit and the Hamilton …

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says
NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says One pedophile traveled to Atlantic City from Oklahoma for sex with two pre-teenage girls. Another had a girl carve his initials into her legs. A third posted a social media video of her raping a youngster she was babysitting. These were among 21 people busted in a massive state pedophile roundup, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday. Opportunities for predators to contact children directly have dramatically increased with remote home learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, Grewal said. “Reports to our Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force of potential pred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Video Captures NJ Teacher Yelling At Students 'I Hope You Get Coronavirus, Die Painful Death' Video Captures NJ Teacher Yelling At Students 'I Hope You Get Coronavirus, Die Painful Death'
Video Captures NJ Teacher Yelling At Students 'I Hope You Get Coronavirus, Die Painful Death' A Mercer County math teacher was captured on video shouting at teenagers playing in the park that they should “die a long, painful death” from the coronavirus. Hamilton's Steinert High School teacher identified by several news outlets as 15-year district teacher Nicole Griggs yelled from the other side of a fence at teens reportedly playing football at the former Homedell School on the 500 block of East Franklin Street. "Park closed," the teacher can be seen yelling on footage captured by one of the teens. "Get it through your head." One of the teens asks, “Wait, can we go over there?" pro…

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by Jon Craig
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Boy, 14, Charged With Killing Trenton Man With Headshot During Argument Boy, 14, Charged With Killing Trenton Man With Headshot During Argument
Boy, 14, Charged With Killing Trenton Man With Headshot During Argument A 14-year-old boy from Hamilton killed a Trenton man with a gunshot to the head during an argument, authorities said. Detectives from the Mercer County Homicide Task Force took the boy into custody at his home Tuesday morning, they said. They filed a delinquency complaint charging the boy with killing 37-year-old Danavan Phillips during a fight the night before in the 100 block of Oakland Street, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a news release. The teen, whom Onofri didn't identify because of his age, shot Phillips once under the chin, the prosecutor said, without discussin…

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by Jon Craig