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Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree
An ex-con from Newark told a federal judge on Thursday that he was the getaway driver in a string of overnight convenience store and gas station robberies in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union counties.
Meshach Whagar, 31, admitted during a video-conferenced plea hearing that he was the wheelman during the 20 predawn holdups in November and December of 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
It included robberies in Lodi, Mahwah, Elmwood Park, Clifton, Hoboken, Bayonne, Kearny, Parsippany, Rockaway, Morris Plains, West Orange, East Brunswick, South River, Edison, …
Bergen County Gas Station Sells $50,000 Lottery Ticket
A winning New Jersey Lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a Bergen County gas station.
The ticket from Saturday's drawing was purchased at the BP on Route 46 in Elmwood Park.
If that ticket had been purchased with Power Play, it would have multiplied the prize to $100,000.
The winning numbers were: 01, 21, 31, 45 and 49. The Red Power Ball number was 21. The Multiplier number was 02. The Powerball jackpot rolls to $60,000,000 for the next drawing to be held Wednesday, May 30 at 10:59 p.m.