Five $10K Lottery Tickets Sold In New Jersey Five $10K Lottery Tickets Sold In New Jersey
Five $10K Lottery Tickets Sold In New Jersey Five winning Mega Millions tickets good for $10,000 apiece were sold in New Jersey. The tickets from the Tuesday, Jan. 4 drawing matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn which were: 04, 06, 16, 21, and 22. The Gold Mega Ball was 01. The Megaplier Multiplier was 03. The tickets were sold at the following locations: Bergen County: Bergenfield Deli and Grill, 393 South Washington Ave., Bergenfield; Bergen County: Mini Mart, 773 Palisade Ave., Cliffside Park; Monmouth County: Townsquare Liquor & Bar, 345C Matawan Rd., Matawan; Ocean County: Rite Aid #10517, 8…
Four Powerball Tickets Totaling $250K Sold In NJ Four Powerball Tickets Totaling $250K Sold In NJ
Four Powerball Tickets Totaling $250K Sold In NJ Four lucky New Jersey Lottery players combined to win $250,000 in the latest Powerball drawing, officials said. Their tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn Wednesday winning the $50,000 third-tier prize.  One of those four tickets was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $100,000.  Those winning tickets were sold at the following locations: Union County ($100,000): Krauszer’s Food Store, 727 Central Ave., Westfield; Bergen County ($50,000): 7-Eleven #34523, 29 County Rd., Tenafly; Burlington County ($50,000): Quick Chek #140, 500 US…
Here's Where Winning $2M NJ Powerball Ticket Was Sold Here's Where Winning $2M NJ Powerball Ticket Was Sold
Here's Where Winning $2M NJ Powerball Ticket Was Sold A New Jersey Powerball player has won $2 million, state Lottery officials said. There also were five Powerball players who won $50,000 or more in Monday's drawing. One NJ Powerball ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn to win the $1 million second-tier prize.  That ticket was purchased with the Power Play option, multiplying the prize to $2 million.  The ticket was sold at Little Store, 1503-1507 Clinton Avenue, South Plainfield in Middlesex County. In addition, five tickets sold matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-…
NJ Man Gets Nearly 6 Years In Fed Pen For Downloading Hundreds Of Child Porn Images NJ Man Gets Nearly 6 Years In Fed Pen For Downloading Hundreds Of Child Porn Images
NJ Man Gets Nearly 6 Years In Fed Pen For Downloading Hundreds Of Child Porn Images A Union County man is headed to federal prison for nearly six years for downloading more than 600 images of child sexual abuse. Joseph Hinksmon, 42, of Cranford, will have to serve just about all of the 70-month plea-bargained sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Hinksmon was arrested by the FBI after downloading the videos and photos during a two-week period in July 2019, authorities said. Rather than go to trial, the former NJIT academic scholar took a deal from the government, pleading guilty via videoconference with a U.S. District Court judge in Newark in e…
NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team
NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team Eleven accused members of a drug ring that authorities said openly peddled crack and potentially fatal fentanyl in a Newark neighborhood were charged federally on Wednesday. The ring's "primary supplier," Frazier Burton, 46, was caught with 100 bricks of heroin and fentanyl when tactical officers arrested him Wednesday morning, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. At 50 bags per brick, that's 5,000 individual packages -- all of which Honig said carried the neighborhood drug network's particular stamps. The case took several months for an ad hoc team of local, county and federal inve…
Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way
Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way After years of planning, a long-awaited New Jersey Wawa store is hours away from opening its doors. The Plainfield location will open at 1470 South Ave., at 8 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, NJ.com reports. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 100 customers, and all customers will get free coffee through Sunday, Dec. 5. The property sold last October for $8.8 million, according to the Kislak Company. The property includes 5,051 square feet of newly-constructed retail space on 1.71 acres and a triple net ground lease with Wawa that includes an initial 20-year term, multiple renewal opt…
Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole
Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole A Union County man who dragged a female Uber driver from her vehicle and threw her to the ground during a carjacking must spend the next seven years in federal prison. Rakeem McNair, 22, of Roselle, joined Raquin Tanner, 26, of Newark in taking a deal from the government rather than risk trial. Both he and Tanner -- who got 6½ years -- must serve out just about all of their plea-bargained sentences because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019 when Tanner, McNair and anot…
Authorities ID Man Dead In NJ Turnpike Crash Authorities ID Man Dead In NJ Turnpike Crash
Authorities ID Man Dead In NJ Turnpike Crash A 32-year-old man died in a crash on the NJ Turnpike early Wednesday in Union County. An International tractor trailer and a Hino box truck were heading north in the truck late when the truck struck the back of the trailer at milepost 101.9 around 6:55 a.m., New Jersey State Police spokeswoman Brandi Slota said. The driver of the Hino box truck suffered minor issues, and the passenger, Geraldo J. Velez-Portes, 32, of Perth Amboy, died. The driver of the tractor trailer sustained minor injuries. 
Union County Woman Admits Destroying Evidence In $400,000 COVID Unemployment Scam Union County Woman Admits Destroying Evidence In $400,000 COVID Unemployment Scam
Union County Woman Admits Destroying Evidence In $400,000 COVID Unemployment Scam A Union County woman admitted in federal court that she was shredding bogus credit and debit cards -- obtained by a man who fraudulently collected $400,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits from the state of New York -- when investigators came busting in. Detectives armed with a search warrant found Latoyia McCollum, 46, of Hillside in the kitchen of an undisclosed location "placing what appeared to be a credit/debit card into the shredder" while face-timing on a cellphone in October 2020, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. McCollum told them she was on the phone with Maurice Mills…
NJ Resident Wins $9.4M Playing Online Lottery 'Jackpocket' NJ Resident Wins $9.4M Playing Online Lottery 'Jackpocket'
NJ Resident Wins $9.4M Playing Online Lottery 'Jackpocket' One lucky Garden State resident is now a millionaire — more than nine times over — after winning a Pick 6 lottery drawing using the Jackpocket mobile app. Carol, a healthcare worker from Union County, won $9.4 million, the largest sum won across all U.S. mobile gaming platforms to date, officials said. More than 630,000 Jackpocket players have at least one 2021 win under their belts, with more than 7,000 users winning more than $100 multiple times, according to a Jackpocket news release. Carol, who had been using the app to play Pick 6 and Jersey Cash 5 for more than a year, says she feels…
GET LOW: This NJ Community Has Some Of The Lowest COVID Transmission Rates In America, CDC Says GET LOW: This NJ Community Has Some Of The Lowest COVID Transmission Rates In America, CDC Says
GET LOW: This NJ Community Has Some Of The Lowest COVID Transmission Rates In America, CDC Says One New Jersey community is in a league of its own when it comes to COVID-19 transmission rates in the Garden State. Union County has gotten itself to the lowest tier for community transmission rates of the COVID-19 virus in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Of the thousands of counties examined by the CDC, Union was among the 52 in the "low" transmission rate category. The CDC currently designates 2,656 counties in the U.S. as high, 361 for substantial, and 148 for moderate community transmission. Its data tracker shows 72.3 percent of Union's el…
Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son
Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son UPDATE: The next step in the high-profile prosecution of an East Orange man accused of killing his former girlfriend and kidnapping their young son this summer was taken when a Union County grand jury indicted him on murder and other charges, authorities said. The six-count indictment returned by grand jurors in Elizabeth also charges Tyler Rios, 27, with desecrating the remains of 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar of Rahway after killing her. Authorities began searching for Uyar and Sebastian Rios on July 8 after he didn’t show up for daycare and she didn't arrive for scheduled work shifts. Tyler…