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WINNERS: Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $100K, $50K WINNERS: Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $100K, $50K
Winners: Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $100K, $50K One California Lottery player won the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot from the Wednesday, Oct. 11, drawing.  There was one $100,000 winner and three $50,000 winners in Middlesex County. The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Oct. 11, drawing were: 22, 24, 40, 52, and 64. The Red Power Ball number was 10. The Power Play was 2X.  The winning tickets were sold at the following locations: $100,000 at Country Farms (B), 820 King Georges Road in Fords, $50,000 at Crystal's Deli,  308 Ernston Road in Parlin, $50,000 at Quick Chek #62, 317 Du…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Suspect In NJ Councilwoman's Murder Extradited From Virginia: Prosecutor Suspect In NJ Councilwoman's Murder Extradited From Virginia: Prosecutor
Suspect In NJ Councilwoman's Murder Extradited From Virginia: Prosecutor A 28-year-old suspect from Virginia in the murder of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour has been extradited to New Jersey, authorities said. Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth, VA, was extradited on Thursday, July 27, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone alongside Chief Daniel Plumacker of the Sayreville Police Department. Bynum is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional facility pending a pre-trial detention hearing in Superior Court, Ciccone and Plumacker said. On, Feb. 1 at 7:22 p.m., authorities received a …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun 'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun
'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun A “good catch on a busy holiday” produced the July 4th arrest of a Florida man who tried boarding a flight at Kennedy Airport with a loaded gun, authorities said. TSA officers detected the compact 9mm Smith & Wesson weapon in the man’s carry-on bag as he entered a security checkpoint at JFK, the Transportation Security Administration’s Lisa Farbstein said. The gun was loaded was 10 bullets, she said. Port Authority police seized the gun and arrested the traveler. In addition to criminal charges, he also faces federal penalties that can reach $15,000, authorities said. “We are seeing …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Man, 22, Arrested In Triple Shooting: Prosecutor Central Jersey Man, 22, Arrested In Triple Shooting: Prosecutor
Central Jersey Man, 22, Arrested In Triple Shooting: Prosecutor A 22-year-old man from Central Jersey has been arrested in connection with a triple shooting, authorities said. Jhamir Hoagland, of New Brunswick, was charged in the Saturday, July 16 incident, according to  Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department. At approximately 2:43 a.m. Saturday., police responded to 142 Remsen Ave. near Los Amigos Bar for a shooting.  Police found one female and two males who had each sustained a gunshot wound. The victims were taken to a nearby hospital …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Police Seek Help Locating Sex Assault Suspect Central Jersey Police Seek Help Locating Sex Assault Suspect
Central Jersey Police Seek Help Locating Sex Assault Suspect Authorities seek the public's help locating a suspect in a sexual assault that occurred near Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park last month. The same man is suspected in a similar attack on a woman in Somerset County in July, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, Plainsboro Police Chief Fred Tavener and South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka. A joint investigation found that on Sept. 28 about 5 p.m., a woman was walking on a path near the canal where she was approached by a man armed with a weapon and moved to a secondary spot on the Plainsboro-So…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ AMBER ALERT: Mom Of Abducted NJ Boy Found Dead In Tennessee NJ AMBER ALERT: Mom Of Abducted NJ Boy Found Dead In Tennessee
NJ Amber ALERT: Mom Of Abducted NJ Boy Found Dead In Tennessee A New Jersey mom who’d gone missing after she and her 2-year-old son were abducted by the child’s father was found dead in Tennessee, authorities confirmed Sunday. The family of 24-year-old Yasmine Uyar of Rahway first disclosed the news late Saturday. Young Sebastian Rios had been found unharmed at a family member's home in Monterey, Tennessee, late Friday. His father, Tyler Rios, 27, of Highland Park was also captured, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Rahway Police Department Director Jonathan Parham said. Uyar’s body was later found in a wooded area off Route 40, …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
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Video Shows NJ Officer Risking His Life On Thanksgiving To Save Driver From Burning Car Video Shows NJ Officer Risking His Life On Thanksgiving To Save Driver From Burning Car
Video Shows NJ Officer Risking His Life On Thanksgiving To Save Driver From Burning Car A heart-stopping video posted by a Middlesex County police department shows an officer running out of his car to rescue a driver from a burning vehicle in a Thanksgiving Day crash. The 3-minute and 40-second dashcam tape shows Monroe Township officer Douglas Perrone jumping out of his vehicle to  Pergola Avenue near Namsan Drive around 8:40 p.m., and running straight to the fully-engulfed Ford Fusion -- the driver trapped inside. Perrone tried using his fire extinguisher to put out the blaze, but when that wasn't working, he climbed inside of the vehicle and pulled the driver from the …

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by Cecilia Levine