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Jackpot! North Jersey Lotto Players Win Big
Lotto players in North Jersey did very well this past weekend.
A lotto player in Passaic County was very lucky in the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Friday, June 30. One ticket sold at The Greeting Place in Clifton matched all five numbers, netting the charmed winner $140,818.
The winning numbers were: 15, 16, 35, 38 and 39 and the XTRA number was: 02.
Saturday, July 1, brought more fortune as a one New Jersey Lottery ticket matched four of the white balls and the Power Ball, winning a lotto player in Bergen County $50,000.
That ticket was sold at Meadowlands Wine & Liquor …
Wild West: Six Charged In Passaic Streetcorner Shootout
A shootout in Passaic led to the arrests of a Clifton teenager who authorities said fired the first shot and five rivals, three of whom they said shot back.
Emmanuel Bernard, 18, fired a handgun at a Honda Accord as it drove past on Brinkerhoff Place near Van Winkle Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. June 18, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement.
Three men then emerged from a Jeep Cherokee and fired at Bernard, they said, identifying the trio as Izaih Hernandez, 21, and Ernest Wilder, 20, of Passaic and Clifton resident …