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Combined $10M In NY Lottery Prizes Claimed By Man Using Same Set Of Numbers Combined $10M In NY Lottery Prizes Claimed By Man Using Same Set Of Numbers
Combined $10M In NY Lottery Prizes Claimed By Man Using Same Set Of Numbers Playing the same numbers on separate New York Lottery tickets paid off big time for one lucky player from the region. Robert Goldup, of Schenectady, claimed a CASH4LIFE ticket worth a combined $10 million, the NY Lottery announced. After buying five sets of numbers for the Tuesday, Sept. 19 drawing, Goldup decided to use the same five numbers on four of the five games and a different number for the sixth spot – the Cash Ball – for each game. The strategy paid off big time, earning Goldup one First Prize worth $7,000 a day for life and three Second Prizes worth an additional $1,000 a week f…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
'Erratic' Driver Busted In Area Was 3 Times Legal Limit, Police Say 'Erratic' Driver Busted In Area Was 3 Times Legal Limit, Police Say
'Erratic' Driver Busted In Area Was 3 Times Legal Limit, Police Say A drunk driver who was busted in the region had a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit to operate a vehicle, authorities said. In Ulster County, Saugerties Police were called just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, with reports of an erratic driver on Route 212 near Route 32. Officers located the vehicle a short time later in the parking lot of a Speedway gas station, Saugerties police said. The driver, 50-year-old Kathleen Grady, of Saugerties, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated (DWI). Her charges were later upgraded to aggravated DWI after testing rev…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Gas Station Employee In Area Accused Of Stealing Cash From Safe Gas Station Employee In Area Accused Of Stealing Cash From Safe
Gas Station Employee In Area Accused Of Stealing Cash From Safe A gas station employee from the region is facing charges for allegedly swiping cash from a store safe. Ulster County resident Jose Ienuso, age 31, of Kingston, was arrested Thursday, Aug. 18, following an investigation by Saugerties Police. Investigators were contacted several hours earlier by a manager at Speedway, located on Route 212 in Saugerties, who claimed that $600 was missing from a money bag that had been removed from a store safe. While reviewing store security footage, the manager witnessed Ienuso enter the safe and remove cash from the money bag, police said. Ienuso was later…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Weaving Driver Nabbed For DWI, Has License Revoked, Police Say Weaving Driver Nabbed For DWI, Has License Revoked, Police Say
Weaving Driver Nabbed For DWI, Has License Revoked, Police Say A 37-year-old man was arrested for alleged DWI after numerous 911 callers reported a car weaving into oncoming traffic in Ulster County. Greene County resident James S. Hartley Jr., of the Town of Ashland, was arrested around 10:24 p.m., on Thursday, Feb. 25, in Saugerties, after police responded to the area of Kings High Way for a civilian complaint, said Chief Joseph Sinagra. According to Sinagra, Hartley was reportedly unable to maintain lanes and was weaving in and out of the oncoming traffic lane.  Officers located the vehicle on Route 212 in the area of the Speedw…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Store Clerks Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minor During Detail, State Police Say Two Store Clerks Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minor During Detail, State Police Say
Two Store Clerks Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minor During Detail, State Police Say Two store clerks were charged with selling alcohol to a minor during an underage enforcement operation conducted by state police in the area. The detail, held on Saturday, May 23 in Dutchess, utilized an underage volunteer to purchase alcohol under the observation of plainclothes investigators and supported by uniformed troopers. A total of 18 store clerks refused to complete the sale of alcohol to the volunteer.  The two clerks who were both charged with prohibited sale of alcohol to a minor, a Class A misdemeanor, are: Ryan Mayers, 29, of Wappingers Falls, an employee of Shell Ga…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Powerball Tickets Worth $1M, $50K Sold In Bergen County Powerball Tickets Worth $1M, $50K Sold In Bergen County
Powerball Tickets Worth $1M, $50K Sold In Bergen County BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. – A Hackensack 7-Eleven sold a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million, and stores in Hillsdale and Paramus sold tickets worth $50,000. The million-dollar ticket -- sold at the 7-Eleven at 469 Passaic St. in Hackensack -- was one of two second prize winning tickets sold in New Jersey for the $559.7 million Powerball jackpot. The other was sold in Brick. The winning numbers for the Saturday Jan. 6 drawing were: 12, 29, 30, 33, and 61. The Red Power Ball was 26, and the Multiplier was 03. The $50 thousand third prize winning tickets were sold at 7-Eleven at 370 Hillsdal…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson