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South Carolina Man Guilty Of Killing Central Jersey Speedway Worker During Robbery: Prosecutor
A South Carolina man was found guilty of fatally shooting a Speedway Gas Station employee during an armed robbery in Edison, authorities said.
Marcus A. Wright, 27, was convicted on Tuesday, Sept. 12 by a jury of the murder of John Bertram, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
The murder occurred on Dec. 20, 2018.
Bertram was shot to death while working as an employee of the Speedway Gas Station on Amboy Avenue, in Edison.
On Jan. 3, 2019, Wright was located in Beaufort, South Carolina and placed under arrest.
Wright was charged with f…
Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds
Four businessmen from New Jersey and one from Long Island laundered millions of dollars a day in cash through fronts they set up in New York City’s Diamond District, federal authorities charged.
Federal agents tied the quintet to $673 million in dirty money laundered through the illicit operations over the past four years, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said.
In exchange, Raj Vaidya, 26; Rakesh Vaidya, 51; Shrey Vaidya, 23; and Neel Patel, 26, all of Edison; and Youssef Janfar, aka “Joe Rodeo,” 57, of Great Neck, NY collected sizable fees, he said.
The three Vaidyas and P…
Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Ticket Wins $1.2M
One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $1,167,215 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Saturday, Aug. 12, drawing.
The winning numbers were: 21, 26, 36, 41 and 45 and the XTRA number was: 03.
The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket.
The winning ticket was sold at Park Deli and Grill, 2625 Woodbridge Ave., Edison in Middlesex County.