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Winning $124M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Hudson County Winning $124M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Hudson County
Winning $124M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Hudson County We have a winner!  A winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket was sold in Hudson County, New Jersey Lottery officials announced Saturday afternoon. The ticket from Friday night's drawing is worth $124 million -- $100.8 million cash -- was purchased from Brenda’s Inc. on Kennedy Boulevard in Bayonne. The lucky ticket matched all six numbers. The white balls were 8, 33, 39, 54 and 58, and the gold Mega Ball was 17 and the Megaplier was 03. The winner has one year from the date of the drawing to file a claim. The retailer will receive a bonus check of $30,000. In February, a tick…

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by Cecilia Levine
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MVC Mayhem: Enraged Patrons Slam Officials Opening Day In NJ MVC Mayhem: Enraged Patrons Slam Officials Opening Day In NJ
MVC Mayhem: Enraged Patrons Slam Officials Opening Day In NJ The promise of efficiency and shorter lines at New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission left many patrons feeling hopeless Tuesday morning, as centers reopened under a new system for the first time in months due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Personnel were deployed to the busiest agencies at 6 a.m. in anticipation of the long lines, officials said. The opening day, slated for June 29, was delayed by a week so issues with a new text notification system could be ironed out. But as patrons turned out in droves Tuesday in hopes of completing transactions they've been waiting on for months, things see…

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by Cecilia Levine & Valerie Musson
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Bayonne Businessman Sentenced To Fed Pen In Tax, Bankruptcy Fraud Bayonne Businessman Sentenced To Fed Pen In Tax, Bankruptcy Fraud
Bayonne Businessman Sentenced To Fed Pen In Tax, Bankruptcy Fraud A Bayonne businessman man who used check-cashing businesses to hide hundreds of thousands in income he earned from his construction companies was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on Wednesday. Patrick Franconeri, 57, must serve all of the plea-bargained sentence for tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Franconeri failed to file a tax return or request an extension for 2014 after earning taxable income of $1,362,950, on which he owed the IRS $558,439 in payments, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He earned the money as the owner …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lawyer Charged In Lucrative Hudson, Morris Political Bribery Scheme Lawyer Charged In Lucrative Hudson, Morris Political Bribery Scheme
Lawyer Charged In Lucrative Hudson, Morris Political Bribery Scheme State authorities busted a Morristown lawyer as part of a major political corruption case that has already produced charges against public officials and political candidates from Hudson and Morris counties. Elizabeth Valandingham, 47, prepared and submitted proposals for the law firm where she worked to the township of Bloomfield for legal services between 2012 and 2016 in which she said the company hadn’t made any political contributions, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. She was lying, he said. “Each year for which Valandingham indicated no reportable political contributions,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hudson County Hoverboard Rider Struck, Killed By Car Hudson County Hoverboard Rider Struck, Killed By Car
Hudson County Hoverboard Rider Struck, Killed By Car A 40-year-old man was killed when he was struck by a car while riding a hoverboard in Bayonne, authorities said. Matthew Anderson was on the electric device when he was hit by a car near 40th Street and Avenue C Sunday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Anderson was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. that day, at Jersey City Medical Center, Suarez said. The driver, a 23-year-old man, remained at the scene, authorities said. No charges have been filed at this time and the investigation remains ongoing, Suarez said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson C…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ State Trooper Charged With Pulling Woman Over, Following Her Home To Hit On Her NJ State Trooper Charged With Pulling Woman Over, Following Her Home To Hit On Her
NJ State Trooper Charged With Pulling Woman Over, Following Her Home To Hit On Her A New Jersey state trooper stalked a woman while on duty, authorities said Friday. Michael Patterson, 28, of Bayonne first stopped the female motorist for an unspecified offense on the New Jersey Turnpike on Jan. 28, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. After letting her go with a warning, Paterson “conducted a second, unwarranted stop of her vehicle a few minutes later when she exited the Turnpike at Exit 11….in order to make unwanted advances on the woman,” Grewal said. Patterson “put the victim in fear by following her to her home in his patrol vehicle,” the attorney …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WATCH: Fire Blows Through Bayonne Multi-Family Home WATCH: Fire Blows Through Bayonne Multi-Family Home
Watch: Fire Blows Through Bayonne Multi-Family Home Fire ravaged two Bayonne multi-family homes Thursday afternoon, partially collapsing one and severely damaging the other. The blaze broke out on the second floor of the first home on Kennedy Boulevard at 18th Street shortly before 1 p.m. and quickly blew through the roof. Officials quickly pulled their firefighters out for an exclusively exterior attack as it spread to the second home. The fire went to four alarms in under a half hour. It was finally declared under control shortly before 4 p.m. Kennedy Boulevard was closed from 18th to 21st streets. Firefighters from several surrounding…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To COVID-19 After Antibody Test CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To COVID-19 After Antibody Test
CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To Covid-19 After Antibody Test CityMD has changed its messaging after telling 15,000 New York and New Jersey patients who tested positive for coronavirus antibodies that they were immune to the virus. Someone who tests positive for coronavirus antibodies is not necessarily immune, FDA Associate commissioner Peter Pitts told ABC. Healthcare officials remain unsure of the level of immunity for those who have been exposed to the virus. The urgent care clinic released the following statement to ABC News: "All CityMD patients getting the COVID-19 antibody test are given several documents (including printed discharge ins…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man
Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man Authorities on Wednesday charged a Bayonne ex-con with murder in the shooting death of a man on a Jersey City street the night before. Bernard Wilson, 27, gunned down 38-year-old Abimael Fuentes on Brinkerhoff Street between Monticello and Bergen avenues around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. Fuentes was taken with an abdominal gunshot wound to Jersey City Medical Center, where Suarez said he was pronounced deceased at 1:41 a.m.  Members of Suarez's Homicide Unit seized Wilson at his home Wednesday morning and recovered two guns, the pro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man
Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man Authorities charged a Bayonne ex-con with murder in the Tuesday night shooting death of a man on a Jersey City street. Bernard Wilson, 27, gunned down 38-year-old Abimael Fuentes on Brinkerhoff Street between Monticello and Bergen avenues around 10:30 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. Fuentes was taken with an abdominal gunshot wound to Jersey City Medical Center, where Suarez said he was pronounced deceased at 1:41 a.m.  Members of Suarez's Homicide Unit seized Wilson at his home Wednesday morning and recovered two guns, the prosecutor said. They char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey City Woman Plunges To Death From Apartment Building Jersey City Woman Plunges To Death From Apartment Building
Jersey City Woman Plunges To Death From Apartment Building A Jersey City woman plunged to her death from an 11-story apartment building, authorities confirmed Sunday. Responders pronounced her dead outside the mixed-use Villa Borinquen Apartments on Manila Avenue near the corner of Second Street around 2:15 p.m. Friday, responders said. Authorities believe the woman jumped, city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione told Hudson County View, confirming responders' initial report from Friday. ****** ALSO SEE: A 25-year-old worker died Sunday when he fell 35 feet into a shop docked at the Bayonne waterfront, responders said. https://dailyvoic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Worker Killed In Fall At Bayonne Terminal Worker Killed In Fall At Bayonne Terminal
Worker Killed In Fall At Bayonne Terminal A 25-year-old worker died Sunday when he fell 35 feet into a fuel tank on a ship docked at the Bayonne waterfront, responders said. What began as a rescue operation shortly before 9:30 a.m. soon turned into a recovery at the Bayonne Dry Dock on Port Terminal Boulevard, they said. “Arriving firefighters found a worker employed by a painting contractor [who] fell approximately 35 feet down into a confined space in the forward bow section of the USNS Red Cloud," Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver. "The ship is in the dry dock for repair. “Firefighters set up for a technical rescue and desce…

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by Jerry DeMarco