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NJ Lyft Carjacker Gets 29 Years NJ Lyft Carjacker Gets 29 Years
NJ Lyft Carjacker Gets 29 Years A convicted carjacker who stole a Lyft driver's car after attacking hm and a passenger was sentenced to 29 years in New Jersey State Prison, authorities said. The Bloomfield man was convicted of attempting to murder the driver and assaulting a passenger in April 2019, according to Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel. Farrakhan Howard, 31, must serve at least 85% of a 24-year term on the carjacking before the possibility of parole on that count, then must serve the additional 5-year term for assaulting the passenger, Daniel said. At approximately 1 a.m. on April 24, 2019, Cl…

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by Jon Craig
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WINNERS: Pair Of North Jersey Lottery Players Split Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot WINNERS: Pair Of North Jersey Lottery Players Split Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot
Winners: Pair Of North Jersey Lottery Players Split Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot Two lucky Jersey Cash 5 lottery players will split a jackpot of more than $1.9 million from Thursday’s drawing. The winning tickets were sold in Morris and Union counties, lottery officials said. The winners matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $1,901,716 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Oct. 14 drawing. Each ticket is worth $950,858. The winning numbers were: 03, 07, 09, 19, and 24. The XTRA number was 05.  The winning tickets were sold at Krauszer’s Food Store on Nort…

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by Valerie Musson
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Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police
Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police A 27-year-old Bloomfield man was arrested Wednesday after he attacked a Lyft driver and a fellow passenger as the vehicle traveled through Clark early Wednesday morning, Chief of Police Pedro M. Matos said.  Patrolling officers found a 47-year-old man lying on Westfield Avenue around 1 a.m. who had been stabbed in the head, face and neck. A 20-year-old woman was also found on Westfield Avenue and had also been stabbed in the face and head. Officers learned that the man was the driver and the woman a passenger.  The woman and another man, Farrakhan S. Howard, had been picked up in …

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by Paul Milo