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Winner
! Bergen County Powerball Player Scores Big Bucks
It was a lucrative Saturday for a Powerball player in Bergen County. A ticket sold in Montvale matched four numbers and the red Powerball in the drawing held on Saturday, April 6, winning $150,000. The ticket was sold at an Exxon in Montvale. The winning numbers were 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and the red Powerball was 9.
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Gotcha
! Band Of Bandits Charged In Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Holdups: Bergen Prosecutor
A quartet of disguised New Yorkers tied to holdups on their side of the Hudson committed back-to-back gunpoint robberies of gas station convenience stores just minutes from the George Washington Bridge, authorities charged. The total take: five grand. Rahquan Brooks, 20, and Kevin Ulysses, 19, of the Bronx had two juveniles with them when they drove up to the Exxon station on eastbound Route 46 just before the Overpeck Creek bridge in Ridgefield Park shortly before 4:30 a.m. July 24, 2022, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The silver sedan had been carjacked out of Brooklyn thre…
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$50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Hudson County Exxon Station
A Powerball ticket with a $50,000 prize was sold at a Hudson County Exxon station. The ticket from the Wednesday, Nov. 22 drawing was sold at the New Hilltop Exxon, located at 3100 Kennedy Boulevard in Union City. The winning numbers were 20, 24, 33, 39, 42, and the Powerball was 21. The Powerplay was 2X.
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Highway
Robberies
: Masked Trio Terrorizes NJ Gas Station Attendants In Three Counties
A trio of armed robbers terrorized gas station attendants in several North Jersey towns overnight Tuesday, taking cash and valuables at gunpoint, authorities confirmed. Information was still coming in as this story was being written. At this point, however, the same three masked bandits are believed responsible for armed robberies in Montclair, at an Exxon station on Route 46 in Elmwood Park and at an Exxon/Tiger Mart on 21st Avenue in Paterson before dawn June 13. They were also tied to a failed holdup at a Wawa in Garfield. Authorities believe the three black suspects dressed all in blac…
Police & Fire
Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant
Rapper Lil Tjay, who was shot and critically wounded outside an Edgewater restaurant last summer, was arrested on gun charges stemming from that incident after returning this week from a world tour. The 22-year-old Bronx rapper, born Tione Jayden Merritt, had three handguns hidden in his car when he and a companion were shot during what authorities said was a botched robbery on June 22, 2023. The weapons were stashed in a secret compartment that detectives uncovered during a court-approved search of the vehicle, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. An arrest wa…
Police & Fire
Underage Undercover: Teaneck Police Sting Busts Businesses For Selling Vape Products To Minors
Underage undercover buyers helped Teaneck police bust six business owners who they said sold vape products to minors. The pretend puffers visited 13 shops in all as part of the second undercover sting by township detectives over the past year in response to residents’ complaints, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said on Monday, April 24. “Six establishments sold vape products to an underaged person,” the chief said. Not only is selling vape products to minors illegal – so is selling flavored vape products to anyone, regardless of age, in New Jersey, McGurr said. McGurr identified t…
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Gotcha
! Quintet Captured After Gunshots, Pursuit, Crash Along Hudson
A group of out-of-towners who’d been firing gunshots along the Hudson River in Edgewater were captured after they crashed while trying to flee responding officers, authorities said. An anonymous caller alerted borough police to the gunfire along the riverfront near the Target store at the Edgewater Commons Mall shortly before 2:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, Police Chief Donald Martin said. Responding officers spotted the getaway car – a red sedan – as it exited the mall parking lot onto River Road, the chief said. Officers Julian Delgado, Rick Hernandez, Daniel Tarabola, Dan Massuda and Muntase…
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? Armed Trio Commits Back-To-Back Route 3 Gas Station Robberies
Three robbers, at least one of them armed, robbed two Route 3 gas stations barely a half-mile apart, authorities said. It was around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, when the bandits pulled into the BP station on the westbound highway just past the River Road bridge in Clifton. They were in a BMW that had been reported stolen out of Lyndhurst, police said. One of the robbers threatened the attendant with a gun before they fled. The trio did the same thing moments later at the Exxon station just up the road, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "They got about $200 combined, alo…
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Beatdown
: Armed NY Man Follows Victim To Rt. 46 Exxon Lot In Vicious Road Rage Attack
An armed New York man was motivated by road rage when he followed a victim into the parking lot of an Exxon gas station on Route 46 in Mount Olive and initiated a vicious beatdown using a tire iron, authorities charged. The fight occurred on Route 46 West in front of the Exxon gas station on Wednesday, Nov. 23, Mount Olive Police said. Investigators found that Joseph H. Melillo, 55, of Monroe, NY, had allegedly followed the victim into the parking lot after a road rage incident prior to entering the township. Melillo and the victim then became involved in a physical fight, where Melillo st…
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Update
: Local Woman, 96, Out-Of-State Driver, 77, ID'd In Route 17 Double Fatal
A 96-year-old Upper Saddle River woman and a 77-year-old driver were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Ramsey on Tuesday, authorities said. Ethel Toth was a passenger in a 2009 Jeep Cherokee driven by George Sadue, 77, of Coventry, Rhode Island, that left the northbound highway and hit a tree on the property of an Exxon station around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 29, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. Toth was killed on impact, Lyman said. Northbound Route 17, RamseyROCKLAND BUFF Sadue was extricated by firefighters but succumbed to his injuries a short time later, the chief said. …
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: Upper Saddle River Woman, 96, Driver, 77, Killed In Route 17 Crash
UPDATE: A 96-year-old Upper Saddle River woman and the 77-year-old driver were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Ramsey on Tuesday, authorities said. Ethel Toth was a passenger in a 2009 Jeep Cherokee driven by George Sadue, 77, of Coventry, Rhode Island, that left the northbound highway and hit a tree on the property of an Exxon station around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 29, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. Toth was killed on impact, Lyman said. Northbound Route 17, RamseyROCKLAND BUFF Sadue was extricated by firefighters but succumbed to his injuries a short time later, the chi…
Police & Fire
Pair Nabbed In Essex County Carjacking, Gas Station Robbery: Sheriff
Two juveniles were arrested in Essex County in connection with a carjacking and armed robbery, authorities said. On Saturday, Oct. 22, Essex County Sheriff’s Office Detectives assigned to the Sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics arrested two unnamed suspects for an alleged carjacking in Newark on Frelinghuysen Avenue, and an alleged armed robbery of an Exxon station on McCarter Highway and Bridge Street in Newark. The two suspects were charged with receiving stolen property; resisting arrest by flight; resisting arrest by force; unlawful possession of a weapon; illegal possession of an exten…
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Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Robberies Net Band Of Bandits $5,000
SEE ANYTHING? A pair of Route 46 gas station holdups less than a mile and barely five minutes apart netted a group of masked robbers a combined $5,000, authorities said. Five of them pulled into the Exxon station on the eastbound highway in Ridgefield Park in a silver sedan shortly before 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. All wore hoodies, face coverings and gloves. Although no weapon was shown, one of the robbers held his hand over his jacket pocket, suggesting he had a gun, the chief said. The quintet fled with $3,000 in cash. ANYONE who might have seen something or…
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Rapper Critically Injured, Companion Stable In Hudson River Shooting
UPDATE: An ex-con from the Bronx shot rapper “Lil TJay” and a companion during a robbery attempt in Edgewater, authorities said. Mohamed Konate, 27, was being held Wednesday evening pending extradition to Bergen County to face charges that include attempted murder, armed robbery and weapons charges, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced shortly before 8 p.m. Konate shot Tione Jayden "Lil Tjay" Merritt, 21, of the Bronx multiple times, leaving him with life-threatening injuries, and wounded Antoine Boyd, 22, also of the Bronx, at the Promenade a short distance south of the George …
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Rapper Critically Injured, Companion Stable In Hudson River Shooting
UPDATE: An ex-con from the Bronx shot rapper “Lil TJay” and a companion during a robbery attempt in Edgewater, authorities said. Mohamed Konate, 27, was being held pending extradition to Bergen County to face charges that include attempted murder, armed robbery and weapons charges, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced Wednesday night. Konate shot Tione Jayden "Lil Tjay" Merritt, 21, of the Bronx multiple times, leaving him with life-threatening injuries, and wounded Antoine Boyd, 22, also of the Bronx, at the Promenade a short distance south of the George Washington Bridge short…
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These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday
Ever wonder how cheap gas in New Jersey would be if it was self-serve? More than 70 New Jersey stations will be offering fuel at a discounted rate to show drivers just that on Friday, May 13. The initiative promoting self-serving fueling was launched by Fuel Your Way NJ, a coalition that advocates for self-serve gas stations that still offer full service. The coalition appropriately titled the day " Fuel Your Way NJ Self-Serve Day of Awareness." Self-service stations were proposed in a measure by lawmakers in March, however, it was halted by in the General Assembly by the Motoris…
Police & Fire
Parolee And Pregnant Ex-GF Argued Over Cheesecake Factory Dinner Before He Killed Her: DA
A Philadelphia parolee who killed his ex-girlfriend while she pumped gas is facing an additional murder charge as the victim had been pregnant at the time of her killing, authorities announced. Rafiq Thompson, 38, surrendered on April 13 in the April 8 death of Tamara Cornelius — who was 14 weeks pregnant — in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Thompson texted Cornelius 93 times and called her 21 times between April 4 and April 6, which Cornelius did not answer, authorities said. On Friday, April 8 at 5:55 p.m., Thompson texts Cornelius to…
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: Route 17 Station Attendant Assaulted
SEE ANYTHING? A Route 17 quick-stop attendant was making change when a robber clocked him and fled with hundreds of dollars in cash, authorities said. The robber pulled a dark-colored BMW into the Exxon station on the southbound highway in Hasbrouck Heights -- just south of Route 46 -- shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Super Bowl Sunday, Detective Bradley Dussault said. After requesting a fill-up, he briefly went into the station's 7-Eleven store, then grabbed two jugs of anti-freeze on the way back toward his car, Dussault said. The bandit got a price, then assaulted the attendant as soon as he…
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Alert Englewood Officer Nabs Homeless NYC Man With Stolen BMW
A homeless man was about to avoid a shoplifting charge after the operator of an Englewood gas station convenience store opted not to press charges. Then a city police officer began asking questions. Officer Michael Christiansen had been called to the Exxon on westbound Route 4 after Talie Yalcin, 38, began stuffing items into his shirt, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Christiansen got the items back, then brought Yalcin outside after the victim declined to pursue charges, Pulice said. Yalcin didn't have ID. His last address was in West Babylon on Long Island. Most recently he'd been homele…
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Another Arrest Made In String Of Bergen County Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies
Bergen County detectives have nabbed another Bronx man who they said is responsible for a string of gas station and convenience store robberies -- thanks once again, in part, to social media. Genaro Collado, 19, is charged with robbing Exxon stations in Englewood and Ridgefield Park and 7-Elevens in Elmwood Park and Rochelle Park earlier this year. Collado was with co-defendant Daniel Perez, 20, when Perez put a gun to the head of a clerk at the Exxon gas station on eastbound Route 4 in Englewood and ordered him to open the cash register shortly after 3:30 a.m. Jan. 6, authorities said. Th…
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Highway
Robbery
: Masked Bandits Cut Route 46 Gas Station Attendant
SEE ANYTHING? Two robbers cut a Route 46 gas station attendant with a knife before fleeing with cash as well as his cellphone, wallet, car keys and more, authorities said. Station surveillance video was operating when the pair jumped the attendant near the Exxon station pumps on the highway's westbound side around 6 p.m. Sunday, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. One of them cut the attendant's left hand during the robbery, which included cash from the station register and valuables from his car, Foligno said. Both robbers were black and light-skinned, the chief said. One wore…
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Gotcha
! Prosecutor's Detectives Charge NYC Man, 20, With Three Bergen County Holdups
Social media helped cinch charges against a Bronx man who authorities said robbed a Route 4 gas station attendant in Englewood and was among a gang of four that held up 7-Elevens in Elmwood Park and Rochelle Park earlier this year. Daniel Perez, 20, and another robber who put a gun to the head of a clerk at the Exxon station on eastbound Route 4 near the George Washington Bridge made off with $300 in cash shortly after 3:30 a.m. Jan. 6, Bergen County prosecutor's investigators said. Peres was seen in social media posts wearing the same jacket, boots and distinctive black-framed glasses as o…
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Fairview Officer Chases Down Westchester Driver With Illegal Gun, Magazine, Ammo, Police Say
A Fairview police officer chased down a Westchester County driver who was carrying a gun when he bolted during a pre-dawn traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Sebastian Castano stopped the Toyota Camry on 91st Street and Kennedy Boulevard just over the North Bergen border after the driver was unable to maintain a lane while heading south on Bergen Boulevard, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Castano had the driver -- identified as Zachary Montique-Lyttle, 22, of New Rochelle -- step out of the car after he showed the officer a phony driver's license, Kahn said. A temporary license plate on…
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Route 17 Stop: NY State Ex-Con Had Drugs, Ammo, Rochelle Park PD Says
An upstate New York ex-con busted for drugs two months ago was illegally carrying hollow-point ammo, along with some drugs, when he was stopped on Route 17 before dawn Tuesday, Rochelle Park police said. Stephone Salley, 25, of Schenectady had been free pending trial since early June, when New York State Police said they found him carrying heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and a drug cutting agent in the Orange County, NY town of Newburgh, records show. Rochelle Park Police Officer Chris Kiszka pulled Salley over at the Exxon station on the northbound highway around 2 a.m. Tuesday after spotting se…
Police & Fire
Man With Face Tattoo Tried Stealing Victim's $500 Air Jordans On Montclair Street, Police Say
Montclair police are on the lookout for a male who they say stole someone's $500 shoes on a local street last week. The victim was near the Exxon station on Bloomfield Avenue carrying a box containing Air Jordan Concord 11 shoes on May 6, when he was approached by another male asking to try on his shoes, Montclair Police Sgt. Terence Turner said. The victim allowed the suspect to try on one shoe, and when he denied the suspect the other, the thief grabbed the shoes and the box and ran west on Bloomfield Avenue, police said. The victim chased the suspect and was able to grab hold of the sho…
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Winner
: Lottery Ticket Worth $537K Sold In Hunterdon County
It’s a winner! A Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth more than $537,000 was sold in Hunterdon County. A ticket matching all five numbers for Wednesday’s drawing was sold at Exxon on Route 22 East in Lebanon, lottery officials said. The winning numbers were: 02, 10, 15, 34, and 38. The XTRA number was 04. The lucky winner will take home the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot of $537,859.
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Millionaires
: South Jersey Powerball Winners Take Home $1M Times 3
Three Powerball players in New Jersey won $1 million apiece on Wednesday night. The second-tier prizewinning tickets matched all five of the five white balls, according to state Lottery officials.Those lucky tickets were purchased in Camden, Gloucester and Middlesex counties. The winning Powerball numbers for the Jan. 20 drawing were: 40, 53, 60, 68, and 69. The Red Power Ball number was 22. The Multiplier number was 03. Six third-tier prize-winners scattered throughout the state took home a combined total of $400,000, state Lottery officials said. (See separate story.) The million…
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Winner
: Million Dollar Lottery Ticket Sold In North Jersey
A lottery ticket worth a million bucks was sold in Somerset County. The ticket from Tuesday's drawing was sold at the QuickChek in North Plainfield. The winning numbers were 3, 45, 53, 58, and 62. The Gold Mega Ball was 13, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 05. Another winning ticket good for $50,000 was sold at the Exxon at 2890 Brunswick Pike in Lawrenceville. That ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize. The ticket was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $50,000.
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Authorities Capture NYC, Westchester Men Sought In Violent Bergen, Passaic Holdups
Two men went on a violent armed robbery spree in Bergen and Passaic counties -- beating one victim, throwing hot coffee in another’s face and threatening others with a knife -- before they were captured, authorities said. Asbiel Feliz, 23, of Mount Vernon was being held in the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla and Ricky Quesada, 24, in the Manhattan Detention Center following their arrests, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. The pair apparently used the same Nissan during the spree, which Musella said began on Oct. 9 when a victim who posted an “Offer Up” ad selling an xBo…
Police & Fire
Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge
UPDATE: An Elizabeth man was charged with assault by auto and child endangerment after he crashed a stolen car into a Lyndhurst gas station canopy, seriously injuring his 16-year-old female passenger, following a police chase, authorities said. Byron L. Hernandez, an 18-year-old laborer, crashed the 2019 Honda Civic stolen shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday. North Arlington police began chasing the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth, on River Road but terminated the pursuit after speeds reached 100 miles an hour, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hernandez conti…
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Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge
UPDATE: An Elizabeth man was charged with assault by auto and child endangerment after he crashed a stolen car into a Lyndhurst gas station canopy, seriously injuring his 16-year-old female passenger, following a police chase, authorities said. Byron L. Hernandez, an 18-year-old laborer, crashed the 2019 Honda Civic stolen shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday. North Arlington police began chasing the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth, on River Road but terminated the pursuit after speeds reached 100 miles an hour, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hernandez conti…
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