Powerball Player Wins $1M At 7-Eleven, Two Others Take Home $50K Powerball Player Wins $1M At 7-Eleven, Two Others Take Home $50K
Powerball Player Wins $1M At 7-Eleven, Two Others Take Home $50K One New Jersey Powerball ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn for Saturday, Dec. 16, winning $1 million, state Lottery officials said. The winning ticket was sold at 7-Eleven #16164, 403 US Highway 9, Lanoka Harbor in Ocean County. In addition, two tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Ocean County: Shoprite #641, Route 70 and Chambersbridge Rd., Brick; and Passaic County: Super Exito Supermarket, 218 Dayton Ave., Clifton. The winning numbers for the…
Snow Flurries Fall Across North Jersey: What To Expect, Timing Snow Flurries Fall Across North Jersey: What To Expect, Timing
Snow Flurries Fall Across North Jersey: What To Expect, Timing Parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania were expected to see a dusting of snow Wednesday, Dec. 6. The National Weather Service was showing wintry weather in northwest New Jersey, the Lehigh Valley, and the Poconos, with flurries already falling as of 2 p.m. We can expect to see some light snow showers and flurries throughout the day Wednesday, with the greatest chance across... Posted by US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 Parts of Bergen and Passaic counties were also expected to get light snow Wednesday afternoon, and Thursday afternoo…
Fugitive Wanted For Trying To Kill Twin In MD Captured Near NJ/NY Border After 50-Mile Pursuit Fugitive Wanted For Trying To Kill Twin In MD Captured Near NJ/NY Border After 50-Mile Pursuit
Fugitive Wanted For Trying To Kill Twin In MD Captured Near NJ/NY Border After 50-Mile Pursuit A fugitive wanted for the attempted murder of his twin sister in Maryland was captured just short of the New York State line in New Jersey following a nearly hour-long pursuit, authorities confirmed on Monday, Dec. 4. Reese E. Wetzel, 23, of Ellicott City, MD stabbed his sister multiple times during an argument, then stole her car and headed north, police in Edison, NJ, said. Edison police said they received a Sirius XM alert involving the stolen white 2019 Subaru Outback at 8:13 p.m. Sunday. It pointed them toward Route 1 at Main Street, they said. Edison Officer Phil Smith spotted the s…
ARMED ROBBERY RAMPAGE: 3rd NJ Man Named In Violent Holdups ARMED ROBBERY RAMPAGE: 3rd NJ Man Named In Violent Holdups
Armed Robbery Rampage: 3rd NJ Man Named In Violent Holdups A third man who authorities said was involved in a terrifying string of armed robberies in Passaic County has been identified. Kareem Powell, 30, of Willingboro, was arrested by federal agents on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in connection with the August 2022 holdups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Wednesday. He joins Carlos Diaz and Edward Porter, both 30 of Paterson, who’ve been in federal custody since last December. A new indictment names Powell while boosting the charges against the other two. The masked trio menaced customers with semiautomatic handguns -- ordering them to lie …
Machete-Wielding Man Seized During Disturbance At New North Jersey Amazon Warehouse Machete-Wielding Man Seized During Disturbance At New North Jersey Amazon Warehouse
Machete-Wielding Man Seized During Disturbance At New North Jersey Amazon Warehouse Police from multiple jurisdictions converged on one of North Jersey's newest Amazon warehouses after a parking lot dispute between two drivers early Tuesday escalated into an assault involving a machete. No major injuries were reported in the assault, which Woodland Park police said triggered a disturbance that brought them and their colleagues from Totowa, Little Falls and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office to the distribution center on McBride Avenue near Route 46 shortly before 7 a.m. Nov. 21. Responding officers found "a large number of people gathered in the Amazon parking lot causing…
Propane To Blame In NJ House Explosion That Injured 5, One Critically, Fire Marshal Says Propane To Blame In NJ House Explosion That Injured 5, One Critically, Fire Marshal Says
Propane To Blame In NJ House Explosion That Injured 5, One Critically, Fire Marshal Says UPDATE: A house explosion last month in West Milford that sent five people to the hospital – one of whom remains in critical condition – apparently was due to a propane leak, the township’s fire marshal said. The other four victims injured when the home in the Upper Greenwood Lake section exploded and collapsed on Sept. 22 have since been released from the hospital, Fire Marshal Michael Moscatello said on Friday, Oct. 13. The fifth remains in the burn unit at the Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, he said. Everyone feared the worst at the time. The first unit at the scene, …
Former Officer Charged With Tapping Police Database To Stalk Passaic County Victim Former Officer Charged With Tapping Police Database To Stalk Passaic County Victim
Former Officer Charged With Tapping Police Database To Stalk Passaic County Victim A now-former Palisades Interstate Parkway police officer used information from a law enforcement database to stalk an individual in Passaic County, authorities charged. Amir Sikder, 22, of Paterson was able to find the victim in Wayne after tapping into the database, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff and Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Steven Shallop said in a joint announcement on Friday, Oct. 6. Sikder was arrested in Totowa on Thursday by members of Valdes’s Public Integrity Unit following a probe with detectives from McNiff’s Criminal…
'This Place Looks Bleak': Another NJ Restaurant Gets Gordon Ramsay Revival 'This Place Looks Bleak': Another NJ Restaurant Gets Gordon Ramsay Revival
'This Place Looks Bleak': Another NJ Restaurant Gets Gordon Ramsay Revival Gordon Ramsay isn't done with Passaic County just yet. A week after giving the "Kitchen Nightmares" episode of Woodland Park's Bask46 aired, Ramsay's show will feature In The Drink, a restaurant and bar at the Preakness Valley Golf Course in Wayne. The In A Drink episode will premiere on Monday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. on FOX. According to the restaurant's Facebook page, the episode was filmed from Tuesday, May 30 to Saturday, June 3. Following Ramsay's renovations, the restaurant reopened on Sunday, June 4. 🎉NEW & IMPROVED 🎉 In The Drink will reopen tomorrow June 4th!! Come check out …
Gang Member Admits Planning Murder, Committing Gunpoint Robbery: NJ Feds Gang Member Admits Planning Murder, Committing Gunpoint Robbery: NJ Feds
Gang Member Admits Planning Murder, Committing Gunpoint Robbery: NJ Feds A member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted his role in planning a murder and robbing a victim at gunpoint, federal authorities said. Federal prosecutors used the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law to charge Tre Byrd, 22, and dozens of other reputed gang bangers rounded up by a collection of crime-fighting “supergroups.” Byrd, they said, belonged to the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips – a violent drug-selling gang -- for seven years. He was in on planning the rubout of a rival who was shot dead in March 2019 in Irvington, then more than a year later r…
NJ 'Culinary Gangster' Faces Off Against Gordon Ramsay On 'Kitchen Nightmares' (PHOTOS) NJ 'Culinary Gangster' Faces Off Against Gordon Ramsay On 'Kitchen Nightmares' (PHOTOS)
NJ 'Culinary Gangster' Faces Off Against Gordon Ramsay On 'Kitchen Nightmares' (Photos) After a few days with Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Fortunato, "The Culinary Gangster" and the executive chef at Bask46 in Passaic County, decided to go sleep with the fishes. Ramsay helped give Bask46, a Woodland Park restaurant, a makeover on "Kitchen Nightmares" which aired on FOX on Monday, Oct. 2. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bask46 (@_bask46) In the episode, owner Steve Baskinger was at the end of his rope, having sunk his life savings into the restaurant, but constantly clashing with Fortunato, his executive chef who made $100,…
NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To Bergen To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To Bergen To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer
NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To Bergen To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer UPDATE: A dental hygienist who was arrested in Bergen County after coming from Rockland to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl was sent to state prison for what could be less than a year. Dariush Ghamarnezhad, 42, of Pomona was among 16 men from Bergen, Passaic, Rockland and Westchester counties who were busted by authorities during a five-day 2019 sting operation dubbed “Operation Home Alone." Various law enforcement agencies united to nab men who they said tried to lure youngsters into sex through social media. Just about all of them were arrested when they showed up at a residen…
UPDATE: Lyft Driver From Morris Found Guilty Of Fondling Underage Prospect Park Passenger UPDATE: Lyft Driver From Morris Found Guilty Of Fondling Underage Prospect Park Passenger
Update: Lyft Driver From Morris Found Guilty Of Fondling Underage Prospect Park Passenger A former U.S. military member from Morris County was convicted of sexually assaulting a Passaic County pre-teen while working as a Lyft driver. Julio Mejia, 43, of Wharton rejected a plea deal after investigators said the underage Prospect Park girl told them he had sex with her after she took a Lyft ride in August 2019 and then again after several weeks of texting. He took his chances with a jury in Superior Court in Paterson and was convicted of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, enticing and child endangerment. Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Portelli scheduled sentencing for Feb. …