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Lotto Players In Passaic, Bergen Split $100K Jackpot Lotto Players In Passaic, Bergen Split $100K Jackpot
Lotto Players In Passaic, Bergen Split $100K Jackpot It was a happy Sunday for lotto players in Bergen and Passaic counties. Two tickets matched all five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Sunday, August 13, splitting the $100,000 jackpot. The tickets were sold at Shoprite in Wyckoff and Jackpocket in Hewitt.  The winning numbers were: 02, 16, 27, 31 and 44 and the XTRA number was: 02.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
'Y’All Never Gonna Find Me': NJ Feds Seize Ex-Con Who Taunted Cops After Dunkin Donuts Shooting 'Y’All Never Gonna Find Me': NJ Feds Seize Ex-Con Who Taunted Cops After Dunkin Donuts Shooting
'Y’All Never Gonna Find Me': NJ Feds Seize Ex-Con Who Taunted Cops After Dunkin Donuts Shooting A Clifton ex-con and former associate of rapper Fetty Wap who taunted police on Instagram following a shooting at a local Dunkin’ Donuts is now in federal custody. Surveillance video shows Justin Pope, 36, firing several shots at a woman who fled a Mercedes Benz during an argument in the parking lot of the Van Houten Avenue donut shop shortly after 9 p.m. July 12, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. He missed her, but a bullet crashed through the window of the Dunkin' Donuts. The bullet ended up "lodged in an electronic menu screen located above the cash registers of the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Sheriff's Detectives Capture Wanted Paterson Teen Hiding Out In City Of Passaic GOTCHA! Sheriff's Detectives Capture Wanted Paterson Teen Hiding Out In City Of Passaic
Gotcha! Sheriff's Detectives Capture Wanted Paterson Teen Hiding Out In City Of Passaic A wanted 18-year-old Paterson man was captured in the city of Passaic by county sheriff's detectives a few days after he'd given them the slip, authorities said. Jensi Ortega had been arrested in Clifton on June 29 on aggravated assault charges stemming from an incident on May 27, records show. A judge released him the same day. Passaic County Bureau of Narcotics detectives tried to stop Ortega's Hyundai last Friday, July 21. But he sped off, Detective Sgt. Stephan Lantigua said. The detectives tracked Ortega to a house at the corner of Poplar and Cedar streets in Passaic, then seize…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver In Bizarre Crash Off Overpass Onto Route 17 In Ramsey Charged With DWI Assault Driver In Bizarre Crash Off Overpass Onto Route 17 In Ramsey Charged With DWI Assault
Driver In Bizarre Crash Off Overpass Onto Route 17 In Ramsey Charged With DWI Assault UPDATE: A Ramsey driver was drunk when her out-of-control SUV crashed through an overpass guard rail and rolled down an embankment onto Route 17, where it broadsided another vehicle, authorities said. Good Samaritans rushed to upright the 2018 Toyota Rav4 and help Rosa Griffin, 56, out after the bizarre crash shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, July 24, Ramsey Police Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said. Griffin was headed north on Franklin Turnpike when she lost control of the Rav4, Sabatelli said. The SUV hit the curb-high barrier median, then accelerated through a guardrail and a thicket of brush…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Fights Off Clifton Rape Attempt, Suspect Captured Miles Away: Police Woman Fights Off Clifton Rape Attempt, Suspect Captured Miles Away: Police
Woman Fights Off Clifton Rape Attempt, Suspect Captured Miles Away: Police A frightened woman fought off a stranger who grabbed her on a Clifton street and tried to pull down her pants, authorities said. Officers flooded the area on and around Clifton Avenue before a Passaic County sheriff's officer grabbed the accused rapist a few miles away on Valley Road. Reginald K. Pennie, 30, of Passaic had pushed the victim against the wall and tried to de-pants her around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, July 20, authorities alleged. She screamed and the 6-foot-3-inch, 170-pound Pennie fled on foot, they said. Pennie remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with crimin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Combative Defendant Subdued After Fighting With, Spitting On New Milford Police: Authorities Combative Defendant Subdued After Fighting With, Spitting On New Milford Police: Authorities
Combative Defendant Subdued After Fighting With, Spitting On New Milford Police: Authorities A repeat offender from Passaic who's had previous run-ins with law enforcement fought with and spit at police in New Milford, authorities said. Everett McBurse, 30, "has assaulted police and resisted arrest every time he's had an encounter" with them, New Milford Police Chief Brian Clancy said. This time, Officers Isaiah Castaneda and Thomas Foschini were interviewing McBurse while responding to a report of a dispute at a home on Faller Drive when he told them he had an active warrant, the chief said. Records show he actually had two -- one in New Milford and the other in Passaic, both inv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Everyone OK In Overnight East Rutherford House Fire Everyone OK In Overnight East Rutherford House Fire
Everyone OK In Overnight East Rutherford House Fire Fears of a possibly trapped resident proved unfounded during an overnight house fire in East Rutherford. First-floor residents were vacating the two-family home on Rose Street near Paterson Avenue as first responders arrived at 2:35 a.m., Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. A search determined there was no one home upstairs, where the two-alarm kitchen fire originated, he said. Firefighters had the fire doused in under a half hour. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid was provided by firefighters from Carlstadt, Passaic, Rutherford and Wallington. A cause wasn't immediately disclosed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer
Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer A Maywood police officer nabbed a wanted couple in a stolen minivan after they pulled into the parking lot of a closed car wash, authorities said. The Pontiac minivan had only just been reported stolen out of Paterson when Officer Alana Luna spotted it on Essex Street, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. The driver – Chante S. Royal 23, of Newark – was carrying several crack pipes and empty wax folds with heroin residue, the sergeant said. Her passenger, ex-con James K. Bell-Sanders, 33, of Passaic, gave police a false name, but they quickly identified him – and discovered there was an act…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Passaic Man, 34, Among Three Dead In Illinois Bus Crash Passaic Man, 34, Among Three Dead In Illinois Bus Crash
Passaic Man, 34, Among Three Dead In Illinois Bus Crash Juan Vasquez-Rodriguez, a 34-year-old Passaic resident, was one of three people killed when a Greybound bus collided with three trucks on I-70 in Illinois on Wednesday, July 12, authorities said The crash, which is under investigation by the National Transportation Board and Illinois State Police, also injured more than a dozen people. Just before 2am emergency crews responded to a crash involving a Greyhound Bus and several semi trucks near the 70... Posted by Drew Mitchell on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 It happened around 1:55 a.m., and involved three commercial motor vehicles on the we…

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by Sam Barron
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Firefighters Hospitalized, Blaze Destroys Passaic Home As Temps Break 90 Degrees Firefighters Hospitalized, Blaze Destroys Passaic Home As Temps Break 90 Degrees
Firefighters Hospitalized, Blaze Destroys Passaic Home As Temps Break 90 Degrees Four firefighters were hospitalized after battling an intense five-alarm blaze that destroyed a multi-family home amid blistering temperatures Wednesday afternoon in Passaic. The quartet was believed to be getting treatment for heat exhaustion, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said from the scene of the fire on Union Avenue between Park Avenue and Spring Street. One was brought out and rushed to the hospital by ambulance following a mayday call. The extent of injuries couldn't be immediately determined. 67 Union Avenue, PassaicJeff Gumbman / INSET: Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora Onl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another
Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another Four days after authorities said he fired a gun at a sedan full of rivals in Passaic, a Clifton teen squeezed off 10 shots at another vehicle on the other side of the city, authorities said. Emmanuel Bernard, 18, was seized late last month in connection with a shootout on Brinkerhoff Place near Van Winkle Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. June 18. Bernard fired a handgun at a passing Honda Accord, then ducked when three men emerged from a Jeep Cherokee and began shooting at him, authorities said at the time. No injuries were reported. The others were rounded up quickly. Bernard was arrested th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders
Update: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: A young dad from Passaic who escaped after being charged with parental abduction ended a manhunt when he surrendered late Monday, authorities confirmed. Isaiah Felix, 20, of Passaic had been arrested by Clifton police and charged with unlawfully entering a residence in town and taking his young son without permission on Sunday, July 2. Felix was arrested without incident after police found him with the boy at a relative's home a short time later, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The child wasn't in any danger, they said. Officers who took Felix to the Passaic County Jail …

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by Jerry DeMarco