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South Amboy Man Gets 10 Years For Selling Fentanyl That Led To Fatal OD: Hunterdon Prosecutor South Amboy Man Gets 10 Years For Selling Fentanyl That Led To Fatal OD: Hunterdon Prosecutor
South Amboy Man Gets 10 Years For Selling Fentanyl That Led To Fatal OD: Hunterdon Prosecutor A 26-year-old South Amboy man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday, Dec. 10 for selling fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose in Raritan Township in 2022, authorities said. On Halloween night 2022, Cayla Dunham, a 21-year-old West Virginia resident and her boyfriend purchased what they thought was cocaine from Leonard Contreras in Raritan Township, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said. Dunham died from a drug overdose and subsequent laboratory analysis revealed that the substance ingested by Dunham was predominantly fentanyl, Robeson said. In October, Contrera…

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by Sam Barron
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JACKPOT: $284K Lottery Ticket Purchased At South Amboy Gas Station JACKPOT: $284K Lottery Ticket Purchased At South Amboy Gas Station
Jackpot: $284K Lottery Ticket Purchased At South Amboy Gas Station A lottery ticket worth more than a quarter of a million dollars was sold at a Middlesex County gas station, officials said. The Jersey Cash 5 ticket was purchased at the Exxon gas station on Route 35 and Route 9 North in South Amboy, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release on Friday, Oct. 11. The $284,169 winner was in the drawing on Thursday, Oct. 10. The winning numbers were 3, 4, 5, 24, and 27. The XTRA number was 4 and the Bullseye number was 3. This is the third Jersey Cash 5 jackpot winner of the month. A record $2,439,721 prize was won from a tick…

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by Chris Spiker
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Route 4 Police Pursuit Led By Masked Car Thieves Ends In Crash With Patrol Car: Authorities Route 4 Police Pursuit Led By Masked Car Thieves Ends In Crash With Patrol Car: Authorities
Route 4 Police Pursuit Led By Masked Car Thieves Ends In Crash With Patrol Car: Authorities Three juveniles are facing charges after leading a police pursuit across multiple Bergen County towns, ending in a collision involving a police car, authorities said. Trouble began around 3:50 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 in Paramus, when officers were called to a Concord Drive home on reports of people wearing ski masks and dark clothing trying to steal a BMW from the driveway, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The suspects were captured on security cameras trying to enter the home. Officer Slavko Bajovic arrived on the scene and saw a 2014 Hyundai Elantra, occupied by two suspects match…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Central Jersey Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer Central Jersey Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer
Central Jersey Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer A young boy in Monmouth County battling brain cancer will have plenty of summer fun thanks to some generous donations. An above-ground saltwater pool was donated to three-year-old Mick Augustitus, the Ashley Lauren Foundation said in a Facebook post. The Hazlet toddler was diagnosed with four brain tumors and several tumors on his spine. At Home Recreation donated the pool, while Kiki Pools in South Amboy donated a heater and installed the pool. "Not only did Mick come home from stem-cell transplant last Friday [May 17], but his pool was done the same day he came home," the Ashle…

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by Chris Spiker