Skull Fished Out Of Delaware River ID'd As Missing Trenton Man Skull Fished Out Of Delaware River ID'd As Missing Trenton Man
Skull Fished Out Of Delaware River ID'd As Missing Trenton Man A skull fished out of the Delaware River nearly 40 years ago has been identified as belonging to a missing New Jersey man, authorities revealed Monday, Jan. 30.  Richard Thomas Alt, a 31-year-old Trenton man, was last seen by loved ones on Christmas Eve in 1984, said Bucks District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement.  Shortly after, Alt and his girlfriend disappeared. Both were suspected homicide victims, and police recovered the woman's body in Mercer County, New Jersey the following April, Weintraub said.  But Alt never turned up, leaving his loved ones without answ…
Pedestrian, 63, Critical After Being Struck By Vehicle In Mercer County Crosswalk Pedestrian, 63, Critical After Being Struck By Vehicle In Mercer County Crosswalk
Pedestrian, 63, Critical After Being Struck By Vehicle In Mercer County Crosswalk A 63-year-old pedestrian was rushed to a nearby hospital after being struck by a vehicle in a Mercer County crosswalk Tuesday evening, authorities said. The pedestrian was heading east to west in the southern crosswalk of the intersection of Penn-Lyle Road at Canoe Brook Drive in West Windsor, local police said in a press release. A 55-year-old West Windsor driver traveling southbound on Penn-Lyle Road approaching the Canoe Brook Drive intersection struck the pedestrian around 5:45 p.m., the release said. The pedestrian, of West Windsor, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center …
Massive 5-Vehicle Blaze Backs Up Traffic On Route 295 Massive 5-Vehicle Blaze Backs Up Traffic On Route 295
Massive 5-Vehicle Blaze Backs Up Traffic On Route 295 A five-vehicle fire was causing major delays on Route 295 in Mercer County Monday morning, backing up traffic into Pennsylvania, authorities said. The fire broke out in the southbound lanes south of Exit 75 to Route 579/Bear Tavern Road in Ewing around 6:30 a.m., according to 511NJ: Vehicle fire on I-295 southbound south of Exit 75 - CR 579/Bear Tavern Rd (Ewing Twp) 2 Right lanes and shoulder of 3 lanes closed 5-10 minute delay use caution https://t.co/YKc66H8LJl — 511NJ I295 (@511nji295) January 23, 2023 The blaze had engulfed five vehicles and caused “significant” traffic backup as …
Trio Selling Heroin Busted In Hunterdon County Parking Lot, Prosecutor Says Trio Selling Heroin Busted In Hunterdon County Parking Lot, Prosecutor Says
Trio Selling Heroin Busted In Hunterdon County Parking Lot, Prosecutor Says Three men from Mercer County were arrested and hit with drug charges for allegedly selling heroin in a Hunterdon County parking lot, authorities said Thursday. Khyzir Davis, 18, of Trenton, was charged with one count of third-degree distribution of heroin, while Malik Wade, 25, of Trenton, and Garfield Anderson, 20, of Ewing, were charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said. The three men were arrested Wednesday in the parking lot of a business on Route 202 northbound in Raritan Township, Robeson added. They were being h…
Franklin Lakes Detectives Tie Break-Ins To Statewide Theft Ring Franklin Lakes Detectives Tie Break-Ins To Statewide Theft Ring
Franklin Lakes Detectives Tie Break-Ins To Statewide Theft Ring A team of persistent Franklin Lakes police detectives tied two members of a major statewide auto theft ring to nearly a dozen vehicle and residential burglaries in town, authorities announced Friday. “Patient and painstaking work” by Detectives Jon Rynander and Frank O’Brien, assisted by Detective David Blum, led to charges against Carlos J. Sanchez and James A. Lanier, both 23 of Newark, Capt. Mark McCombs said on Jan. 6. Sanchez and Lanier were originally arrested during a November takedown by New Jersey State Police of a ring that stole more than 30 vehicles – including BMWs and Land Rov…
$50K Powerball Winner Sold In NJ $50K Powerball Winner Sold In NJ
$50K Powerball Winner Sold In NJ A $50,000 Powerball winner was sold in New Jersey. The third-tier prizewinning ticket from the Wednesday, Nov. 23 drawing was bought at the Countryside Food Mart on Lawrenceville-Pennington Road Lawrenceville in Mercer County. The winning numbers were: 01, 02, 31, 39, and 66. The Red Power Ball number was 25. The Power Play was 2X.  The Powerball jackpot rolls to $48 million for the Saturday, Nov. 26, drawing.
FEDS: Getaway Minivan Driver Gets 12 Years, No Parole, For Armed Robbery Spree In NJ, PA FEDS: Getaway Minivan Driver Gets 12 Years, No Parole, For Armed Robbery Spree In NJ, PA
Feds: Getaway Minivan Driver Gets 12 Years, No Parole, For Armed Robbery Spree In NJ, PA UPDATE: The man who drove the getaway car -- actually a minivan -- in an armed robbery spree in New Jersey and Pennsylvania must spend the next 12 years in federal prison. Omar Feliciano-Estremera, 45, was the wheelman for a fellow Trentonian Gabriel Lopez, who authorities said fired a gun during one of the holdups. The pair committed the robberies at mostly convenience stores in Mercer and Union counties in New Jersey and in Bucks County, PA in May and June of 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Lopez "entered the businesses, brandished a handgun, and demanded money from the sto…
Peeping Tom Breaks Into Rider Student's Dorm Hoping For Glimpse: Police Peeping Tom Breaks Into Rider Student's Dorm Hoping For Glimpse: Police
Peeping Tom Breaks Into Rider Student's Dorm Hoping For Glimpse: Police A Ewing man was arrested and charged with burglary after he broke into a Rider University dormitory and tried to look into a female room, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious male at the campus around 12:35 Monday heard from two female students that the male in question had entered behind them and followed them into their residence hall. Once inside, the male allegedly stayed in the hallways and approached their room door before standing directly in front, bending over, and trying to look under the door and inside the room. Students then contacted Rider Univers…
WINNERS: Seven $50K, One $100K Powerball Tickets Sold In NJ WINNERS: Seven $50K, One $100K Powerball Tickets Sold In NJ
Winners: Seven $50K, One $100K Powerball Tickets Sold In NJ Winners! Eight lucky Powerball tickets matched four of the five white balls drawn from the Monday, Nov. 7 drawing, winning the $50,000 third-tier prize, lottery officials confirmed. One of the tickets was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $100,000. The tickets were sold at the following locations: Passaic County ($100,000): AL Super Mart LLC, 96 Mountainview Blvd., Wayne; Burlington County ($50,000): Medford News and Tobacco, 682 Stokes Rd., Medford; Mercer County ($50,000): Shoprite #500, 3373 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville; Middlesex County ($50,000): Krauszer…
WINNERS: 3 NJ Powerball Players Take Home $1M WINNERS: 3 NJ Powerball Players Take Home $1M
Winners: 3 NJ Powerball Players Take Home $1M Three lucky New Jersey Lottery tickets matched five of the five white balls drawn winning the $1 million second-tier Powerball prize drawn on Tuesday, Nov. 8. One California Lottery player won the world record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot. The cash value is $997.6 million. The million-dollar tickets were sold at the following locations: Camden County: News Nook, 17 S Centre St., Merchantville; Mercer County: 7-Eleven #27890, 222 Dutch Neck Road, Hightstown; and, Middlesex County: Atlantis Fresh Market #37, 421 US Highway 1 South, Edison. The winning numbers for the latest drawing were:…
Election Day 2022: Hottest House Races In NJ Election Day 2022: Hottest House Races In NJ
Election Day 2022: Hottest House Races In NJ Polls are open for the 2022 midterm elections Tuesday, Nov. 8. All 12 of New Jersey's seats in the US House of Representatives are contested, and Republicans are hoping to win back the four seats flipped in the 2018 midterms. If the 435-member House flips to Republican control, that is considered a "referendum" on Joe Biden's first-term problems as president.  Here's a rundown of the key races in New Jersey. 3rd Congressional District: Andy Kim (D) has held the position since being elected in 2018, and is up against Bob Healey Jr. (R), who works as an executive at his family's yacht-build…
$1M, Sixteen $50K Powerball Tickets Sold Across NJ As Jackpot Rolls To  $1.9B $1M, Sixteen $50K Powerball Tickets Sold Across NJ As Jackpot Rolls To  $1.9B
$1M, Sixteen $50K Powerball Tickets Sold Across NJ As Jackpot Rolls To $1.9B A $1 million Powerball ticket and a slew of third-tier winning tickets were sold across New Jersey, as the jackpot rolls to yet another record-high. The numbers from the Saturday, Nov. 5 drawing  were: 28, 45, 53, 56 and 69. The Red Power Ball number was 20. The Power Play was 3X. The $1 million ticket was sold at Quick Stop, 940 Inman Ave. in Edison. The $150,000 ticket was sold at Township Stationary on Pascack Road in Washington Township. The $50,000 tickets were sold at the following locations: Atlantic County: New International Supermarket, 4101 Ventnor Ave., Atlan…