New Year, Newly Minted Millionaires: Virginia Lottery Announces Winners Of Annual Raffle
Some lucky Virginia Lottery players rang in the new year with a bang, and are the state's newest millionaires.
Each year, winning numbers are drawn in Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle with five tickets worth a seven-figure prize, and an additional seven worth $100,000.
The $1 million winners were sold at:
McNair Farms Sunoco, 13470 Coppermine Road, Herndon;
Schmitz Sunoco, 42800 Creek View Plaza, Ashburn;
Lake Mart & Deli, 4795 Scruggs Road, Moneta;
Food Lion, 30 Windward Drive, Fishersville;
7-Eleven, 3310 Church Road, Henrico.
Seven additional tickets each won $100,000.…
Florida Man Convicted Of Killing Jersey City Dad In BJ's Parking Lot
A jury found a Florida man guilty of murder for killing a Jersey City dad in a BJ's parking lot in 2021.
Ariel Dumit, 37, was convicted on all counts, including first degree murder for the shooting death of Christian Parra, following a two-week trial, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced on Tuesday April, 18.
On Feb. 28, 2021, Dumit shot Parra in the torso at a BJ's parking lot at 396 Marin Blvd. in Jersey City, prosecutors said. Parra was later transferred to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said.
Parra was remembered by loved ones as a…