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Winners! Three North Jersey Powerball Players Score $50K
Three Powerball players in North Jersey had quite the lucky Saturday.
The tickets, sold in Rochelle Park, Branchburg and Newton, matched four of the five numbers plus the red Powerball in the drawing held on Saturday, March 23, winning $50,000.
The winning numbers were 6, 23, 25, 34, 51 and the red Powerball was 3. The tickets were sold at Shoprite Liquor in Rochelle Park, Texs Liquor Store in Branchburg and Smartwood Deli in Newton.
Tardy Rochelle Park Hotel Guest Busted With Cocaine, Pills, Knife: Police
A Rochelle Park hotel guest who overstayed his welcome was arrested after officers found cocaine and pills for sale in his room, authorities said.
Police responding to a call of a guest not leaving by checkout time at the Ramada by Wyndham Hotel on West Passaic Street found Anwar Mnawer, 33, of the Bronx disoriented shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, March 18, Capt. James M. DePreta said.
“In plain view inside the room, officers observed a large folding knife, prescription pills, a baggie containing a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine, and miscellaneous drug paraphernalia,” the …
Gotcha! Leonia Officer Quickly Finds Familiar Face Who Fled Traffic Stop: Police
A repeat offender who might’ve thought he’d given a Leonia police sergeant the slip would've been wrong.
It began when Leonia Police Sgt. Ray Forsdahl tried to stop a BMW with New York plates for a violation in the area of Broad and Lakeview avenues, Capt. Chris Garris said.
The driver kept going, though, getting onto southbound Route 95, the captain said on Friday, Dec. 1.
Forsdahl pursued him for a ways, then dropped back out of safety reasons, he said.
Besides, he knew who the driver was.
Didn’t take long to figure out where he laid his head, either.
To call Brandon Warren, 28,…
Big Batch Of Bogus Bills Seized, Mercer Couple Busted In Bergen Traffic Stop
More than $2,000 in counterfeit 20s and 50s apparently intended for a Bergen County shopping spree was seized by Rochelle Park police during a traffic stop, authorities said.
Officer Chris Kiszka pulled over the Hyundai Genesis on dead-ended Lexington Avenue off Cliff Street after the driver committed multiple traffic violations shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, Capt. James M. DePreta said.
Empty prescription bottles and other paraphernalia were in plain view, the captain said.
The driver, Wade Wallace, 37, of Trenton also had a suspended license, DePreta said.
A positive indicati…
Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted In Rochelle Park, Hackensack, Arrest Made, Prosecutor Says
An unemployed man living in Rochelle Park remained jailed following his arrest on charges of sexually assaulting an underage teen multiple times.
Luis Zumba Chablay, 42, raped and otherwise sexually assaulted the victim, who was no more than 16, both in Rochelle Park and Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Rochelle Park police subsequently alerted detectives from the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit, who arrested Chablay on Saturday, Oct. 21.
They charged Chablay with five counts of aggravated sexual assault, two counts each of sexual assault and criminal sexual contac…
Supermarket Brawl: Worker At Bergen Shop-Rite Beaten With Chair, Choked Out, Arrest Made
An outside employee on the job at a ShopRite in Rochelle Park beat another with a metal folding chair, then choked him out before fleeing, authorities said.
Leslie A. Mann, 53, grabbed the chair during an argument with a fellow privately contracted employee at the West Passaic Street supermarket, Police Capt. James DePreta said.
Mann, of Riverdale, hit the co-worker over the head with the chair several times, then punched him in the chest, knocking him to the floor, the captain said.
He then choked the victim with his hands until he lost consciousness, DePreta said.
Several co-workers fi…
Brothers' New North Jersey Rooftop Bar Promises NYC Vibes
Passaic is getting the rooftop bar it has long desired.
I Want U, which promises views of the New York City skyline, will be opening in October at 822 Main Ave. in the city.
The bar is the brainchild of longtime friends, Alex Perez, whose family owns the property, and Justin Gordnick, who along with his brother Chris, run a solar company.
"They had this property and it was a really good location," said Chris Gordnick, of Tenafly. "We think we can do something together here."
The partners had never run a bar before but have thrown themselves into the place, which offers three floors of fun…
Update: Resident, 80, Hospitalized, Son Arrested In Destructive Rochelle Park Blaze
An 80-year-old woman was hospitalized and her ex-con son arrested as firefighters doused a smoky Tuesday morning blaze that ravaged their Rochelle Park home.
Carmine Covino, 55, was taken into custody after he interfered with responders trying to take his mother, Concetta, to Hackensack University Medical Center after she suffered smoke inhalation, Rochelle Park Police Lt. Edward Kukalski said.
Covino, a registered sex offender with a lengthy rap sheet, "ignored several warnings" before officers were left no choice, the lieutenant said.
Witnesses said Covino -- who Kukalski said sustained…
NY Fugitive Nabbed After Crashing Stolen Car, Running Through Route 4 Traffic: Rochelle Park PD
A fugitive who crashed a stolen car while being chased by Rochelle Park police ran across six lanes of traffic on Route 4 before he was captured in Paramus, authorities said.
Officer Hasan Shah was on Essex Street when he spotted the BMW 5 Series sedan, which had been reported stolen out of New York City, around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Capt. James DePreta said.
The driver, Adonis Padilla, 27, of New York, hit the gas, leading a brief pursuit that ended when he hit a light pole at the eastbound Route 4 entrance ramp from Paramus Road, the captain said Wednesday.
Padilla -- who was …
Police Chase Ends In Stolen Car Arrest Off Route 4
A fugitive who crashed a stolen car while being chased by Rochelle Park police ran across six lanes of traffic on Route 4 before he was captured in Paramus, authorities said.
Officer Hasan Shah was on Essex Street when he spotted the BMW 5 Series sedan, which had been reported stolen out of New York City, around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Capt. James DePreta said.
The driver, Adonis Padilla, 27, of New York, hit the gas, leading a brief pursuit that ended when he hit a light pole at the eastbound Route 4 entrance ramp from Paramus Road, the captain said Wednesday.
Padilla -- who was wante…
