WINNER: $3M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold At NJ Wawa WINNER: $3M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold At NJ Wawa
Winner: $3M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold At NJ Wawa There was one second-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Friday, July 22, Mega Million lottery drawing. That ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn winning the $1 million prize. That ticket was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $3 million, and was purchased at Wawa #457, 436 Oakshade Rd., Vincentown in Burlington County. In addition to the second-tier prize won, seven players matched four of the five white balls and the Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 third-tier prize.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Bergen County: 7…
Family Of Chinese Nationals Killed By Red Light-Running Driver In Toms River: Police Family Of Chinese Nationals Killed By Red Light-Running Driver In Toms River: Police
Family Of Chinese Nationals Killed By Red Light-Running Driver In Toms River: Police A family of three Chinese nationals were killed when the Maryland driver of the car they were in ran a red light in Ocean County, authorities said. Tina Dung, 21, was stopped for the traffic light, but then went through the red signal and collided with a Legacy Towing flatbed wrecker heading east on Lakehurst Road around 12:25 a.m. Friday, July 22, Toms River police said. The three passengers in Dung’s car, all citizens of China, were killed as a result of the collision. They included a 54-year-old man, 52-year-old woman and 23-year-old man, all from the same family, police said. Neither d…
WINNERS: 2 NJ Lottery Players Split Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot Worth $523K WINNERS: 2 NJ Lottery Players Split Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot Worth $523K
Winners: 2 NJ Lottery Players Split Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot Worth $523K Two lucky New Jersey lottery tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Thursday, July 7, drawing.  The jackpot was worth $523,424. Each winning ticket is worth $261,712.  The winning numbers were: 13, 24, 25, 33, and 41 and the XTRA number was: 03.  The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Gloucester County: One Stop Shoppe, 300 Parkville Station Road, Mantua; and, Ocean County: Quick Chek #113, 2307 Route 88, Point Pleasant.
WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $440K WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $440K
Winner: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $440K One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $440,336 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot. The latest drawing was on Friday, July 1. The winning numbers were: 02, 17, 36, 38 and 45 and the XTRA number was: 02.  The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket.  The winning ticket was sold at Manahawkin Exxon, 555 Route 72 East Ave., Manahawkin in Ocean County.
WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $726K WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $726K
Winner: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $726K One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $726,337 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Saturday, June 25, drawing, state Lottery officials said. There also was a $100,000 winner in Camden County. The winning numbers were: 04, 13, 20, 33 and 44 and the XTRA number was: 02.  The retailers will each receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning tickets.  The winning jackpot ticket was sold at Rajvi Liquor LLC, 715 Bennetts Mills Road, Unit 2, Jackson in Ocean County. The winning $100,000 ticket was sold at Shoprite #507, 1200 Chewslanding Rd., Laurel Spring…
Wildfire Burns 2,100 Acres Of Wharton State Forest Wildfire Burns 2,100 Acres Of Wharton State Forest
Wildfire Burns 2,100 Acres Of Wharton State Forest A wildfire consumed more than 2,100 acres of Wharton State Forest in South Jersey from Sunday, June 19 into Monday. Fueled by dry and breezy conditions, approximately 20 percent of the blaze had been contained as of midnight. The fire consumed parts of the park spanning Washington, Shamong, Hammonton and Mullica Townships. Road closures: ⚠️ Route 206 – from Chew Road to Stokes Road (beginning 12 a.m.) ⚠️ Route 542 – from Green Bank Road to Columbia Road Park closures: Batsto Village and all associated hiking and mountain bike trails were closed to visitors.  The Mullica Rive…
Third Suspect In Bayonne Heroin, Cocaine Ring Arrested: Police Third Suspect In Bayonne Heroin, Cocaine Ring Arrested: Police
Third Suspect In Bayonne Heroin, Cocaine Ring Arrested: Police A third suspect in a Bayonne drug distribution ring was arrested and found with two loaded guns — all thanks to concerned citizens, police said. It all began on June 3, residents near West 21st Street tipped police off to suspicious activity, where they witnessed William J. Kenny,  25, and Jovan V. Taylor,  25, both of Jersey City, perform multiple drug deals, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Then, they got into a car driven by Hakeem D. Lester, 34, of Bayonne, police said. Detectives stopped the car and seized cocaine, heroin, 38 pills of a prescrip…
WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $719K WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $719K
Winner: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $719K One lucky state lottery ticket matched all five numbers drawn in the latest Jersey Cash 5 game. The winning jackpot totaled $719,364 on Monday, June 13. The winning numbers were: 01, 19, 21, 43 and 45 and the XTRA number was: 02.  The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket.  The winning ticket was sold at Lugi Market Inc., 424 Dover Road, South Toms River in Ocean County.
WINNERS: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $865K WINNERS: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $865K
Winners: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $865K Two lucky Jersey Cash 5 players will split $864,760, state Lottery officials said. The winning tickets were sold at a Wawa store and Walsh Farms in Middlesex and Ocean counties from the Wednesday, June 1 drawing. Each ticket is worth $432,380.  The winning numbers were: 08, 16, 25, 27, and 39 and the XTRA number was: 02.  The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Middlesex County: Welsh Farms, 1 Schuyler Drive, Edison; and, Ocean County: WAWA #988, 800 Lacey Road, Forked River.
'I Forgot': 9th Gun Of Year Seized, Traveler Arrested At Newark Airport Checkpoint 'I Forgot': 9th Gun Of Year Seized, Traveler Arrested At Newark Airport Checkpoint
'I Forgot': 9th Gun Of Year Seized, Traveler Arrested At Newark Airport Checkpoint An Ocean County, NJ man said he forgot he had a loaded gun in his carry-on bag after a TSA officer at Newark Airport spotted it, authorities said. They didn't say where the New Egypt man was headed when the 9mm Glock 43 pistol showed up on an X-ray monitor at a security checkpoint at the start of the Memorial Day weekend on Friday. It was the ninth firearm found by the Transportation Security Administration this year at Newark Liberty International Airport checkpoints, TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. “Responsible gun owners know where their firearm is at all times. It’s an important…
WINNERS: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Players Split $139K WINNERS: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Players Split $139K
Winners: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Players Split $139K Two lucky tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $138,650 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot. Each ticket from the Saturday, May 21, drawing is worth $69,325. The winning numbers were: 01, 11, 22, 24, and 28 and the XTRA number was: 04.  The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Monmouth County: Chill Fill 504 Inc., 504 Monmouth Rd., Clarksburg; and, Ocean County: Route 88 Fuel LLC, 1441 Ocean Ave., Lakewood.
MANIFESTO: Buffalo Mass Shooter Says These NJ Communities Are 'Deplorable' MANIFESTO: Buffalo Mass Shooter Says These NJ Communities Are 'Deplorable'
Manifesto: Buffalo Mass Shooter Says These NJ Communities Are 'Deplorable' Lakewood, Toms River, Jersey City and Brooklyn, NY, are among the Jewish communities that Buffalo's accused mass shooter considers "deplorable'' in a 180-page manifesto, according to multiple news reports. Payton Gendron, 18, was arraigned Saturday on first-degree murder charges and ordered detained without bail on accusations he carefully planned the massacre at a Buffalo supermarket that left ten people dead. Eleven of the 13 people he shot were black, reports say. Gendron had penned a 180-page manifesto that named Lakewood and Toms River among the communities that the alleged shooter con…