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10 Vintage Cars, 1.7 Pounds Of Coke, $332K Seized From Jobless NJ Drug Dealer: Prosecutor
An unemployed Nutley man bought 10 vintage cars with the money he made selling cocaine, authorities charged.
Authorities seized the “exotic” vehicles along with nearly $332,000 in cash that Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Omar Rios, 44, squirreled away in his apartment and a stash house.
They also grabbed 1.7 pounds of cocaine, cutting agents, packaging material and a hydraulic press used to compress cocaine for packaging, the prosecutor said.
Rios was seized during coordinated raids at his apartment in the Franklin Commons building on Franklin Avenue in Nutley, at a mixed-used …
$50K Powerball Ticket Sold In Essex County
A Powerball ticket good for $50,000 was sold in Essex County.
The ticket from the Saturday, Oct. 9 drawing was sold in Nutley.
It was purchased from Sal Convenience on Franklin Avenue.
The winning numbers were 12, 17, 30, 45, and 62. The Red Power Ball number was 05. The Power Play was 2X.
The Double Play drawing results for the Saturday, Oct. 9, drawing were: 01, 26, 37, 38, and 62. The red Double Play Power Ball number was 17.
The Powerball jackpot rolled to $38 million for the Monday, Oct. 11, drawing.
Belleville Man Applied For A Job, Then Swiped Tip Jar: Nutley Police
A man ostensibly looking for a job turned out to be a thief instead, according to Nutley police.
On Tuesday, four people were hanging around outside an eatery in the township when two of them entered the Franklin Avenue business to fill out job applications, a police department spokesman said. The spokesman declined to identify the business.
After filling out their applications, one of them, later identified as Michael Almonte-Parades, 19, of Belleville, grabbed a tip jar from the counter and ran, the business owner later told police.
An employee briefly chased Almonte-Parades but stoppe…
