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Jackpot Strikes Again At NJ ShopRite Complex With $446K Lottery Win
Lightning might not strike twice, but NJ Lotto luck sure does—especially in Neptune.
A Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $446,593 was sold at the grocery store in the ShopRite complex at 2202 Route 66, New Jersey Lottery officials said Wednesday, July 2.
The winning draw came on Tuesday, July 1.
Despite the storms this week, the player braved the elements, bought a few days’ worth of draws, and matched all five numbers to take home the game’s 34th jackpot of the year, officials said.
“I’m very grateful for what I have gotten,” the player said. “I can’t breathe, I have to exhale! I can’t even foc…
$50K! Two NJ Powerball Players Win Big
It was a sensational Saturday for two Powerball players in New Jersey.
Tickets sold in Burlington County and Essex County matched four white balls, with one matching the Power Ball and the other matching the Double Play ball in the drawing held on Saturday, March 29, winning $50,000.
The tickets were sold at ShopRite in Cinnaminson and Time Telecards in Newark. The winning numbers were 07, 11, 21, 53 and 61. The Powerball was 02 and the Power Play was 03. The Double Play numbers were 07, 11, 14, 26 and 59. The Double Play Ball was 10.
Plumber Admits To Taking Upskirt Videos Of Females In Union County: Prosecutors
A Red Bank man admitted to recording upskirt videos of more than two dozen women and girls, including some in their homes, authorities said.
Christopher Cox, 35, pleaded guilty on Friday, Oct. 4 to second-degree eluding police, two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and three counts of third-degree invasion of privacy. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced the guilty plea in a news release on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Investigators said Cox entered the ShopRite supermarket in Shrewsbury just before 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, and began follow…
Orange Man Convicted In Fatal Shooting Outside ShopRite: Prosecutor
A 37-year-old man was convicted on Wednesday, Oct. 2, of fatally shooting a man outside a ShopRite supermarket in East Orange in 2022, authorities said.
On June 3, 2022, police in East Orange responded to the ShopRite supermarket on Main Street and found the body of Melja Oliver lying on the side of the building, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said.
It was later determined Oliver had died from a gunshot wound to his head and Darienne Murray was arrested five days later, Stephens said.
Murray had confronted Mejia, produced a handgun and shot him in the head, Stephens said. Th…
Two $10K Mega Millions Tickets Purchased In Central Jersey
Two lottery tickets worth $10,000 were sold in Middlesex and Monmouth counties, officials said.
The winning Mega Millions tickets were purchased in the drawing on Friday, Sept. 6, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release on Monday, Sept. 9.
The winners were sold at the E-Z Chek food store on Main Street in Sayreville and the ShopRite supermarket on Route 35 in Hazlet.
The winning numbers were 6, 23, 41, 59, and 63. The Mega Ball was 25.
A ticket worth $20,000 was also purchased at a convenience store in Medford. No one in the U.S. matched all six numbers to win th…
Drunk Driver Going 114 MPH Sentenced For Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed Amazon Worker
A 47-year-old Newark man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday, July 19, for a deadly 2021 crash on the Garden State Parkway where he was driving intoxicated at 114 mph, authorities said.
On Feb. 15, 2021, Rolando Godwin was driving a Range Rover when he struck a Lexus SUV driven by Christopher Meikle, a 46-year-old East Orange resident, causing his car to be engulfed in flames on the Garden State Parkway in Clark, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said.
Following the crash, Godwin requested he be transported away from the scene, indicating he was prepared to offer an unsp…
