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New Dad Who Killed Co-Worker On Lunch Break In Her NJ Apartment Has Appeal Denied New Dad Who Killed Co-Worker On Lunch Break In Her NJ Apartment Has Appeal Denied
New Dad Who Killed Co-Worker On Lunch Break In Her NJ Apartment Has Appeal Denied An appellate court rejected the appeal of a 35-year-old man convicted of killing his 26-year-old coworker in 2019 and conspiring to additional killings while in jail, court records show. Kenneth C. Saal is serving a 45-year prison sentence for killing Carolyn Byington when she returned home to Plainsboro apartment during her lunch break in June 2019, and a 10-year consecutive sentence for conspiring to kill another young woman, records show. Saal and Byington had been working together at Engine US in West Windsor, and Saal was married with a new baby at home. Saal, of Lindenwold, stole…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors
Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors A Lindenwold man will spend up to nine decades in prison after helping lure another man into a Mount Laurel hotel room and killing him, authorities said. Jawaad Ali, 33, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 27 to 90 years in state prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release. He was convicted of murder in the killing of 31-year-old Samer Alhalayqa of Camden on Friday, May 8, 2020. Investigators said Ali, Anthony Sermond-Guyton of Clayton, and Asia Boone of Camden lured Alhalayqa to the Fairfield Inn on Century Parkway to rob him.&n…

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by Chris Spiker
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WINNER: Powerball Lottery Ticket Worth $221M Sold At NJ Food Mart WINNER: Powerball Lottery Ticket Worth $221M Sold At NJ Food Mart
Winner: Powerball Lottery Ticket Worth $221M Sold At NJ Food Mart A Powerball ticket worth $221 million was sold at a New Jersey food mart, state Lottery officials said. The winning numbers in the Monday, June 10 drawing were 3,10, 33, 58 and 59 and the Powerball was 9. The Powerplay was 2x. The winning ticket was sold at Preet Food Mart at 598 Chews Landing Road in Lindenwold. Preet Food Mart won a $30,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, Lottery officials said.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Late-Night Drunken Assault Near Meadowlands Sends One Man To Hospital, Other To Jail Late-Night Drunken Assault Near Meadowlands Sends One Man To Hospital, Other To Jail
Late-Night Drunken Assault Near Meadowlands Sends One Man To Hospital, Other To Jail A drunken man was hospitalized and another jailed for assaulting him at a private industrial garage in Rutherford, authorities said. The 40-year-old victim from Cranford approached an East Rutherford police officer who was fueling his patrol vehicle at the Rutherford DPW garage on Highland Cross -- just off northbound Route 17 near the Meadowlands -- around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8, Police Chief John Russo said.  He was bleeding from a head wound, the chief said. "It was determined he was assaulted by an acquaintance at a private industrial garage where both were at that eveni…

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by Jerry DeMarco