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Edison, NJ
News
Winners
: Lottery Tickets Worth $10K Each Sold In Middlesex, Ocean Counties
Who are the lucky winners? Two Mega Millions lottery tickets each worth $10,000 were sold in Middlesex and Ocean counties. Two tickets matching four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball for Friday’s drawing were sold at The Gift Horse on Stelton Road in Piscataway and Buyrite on Route 37 West in Toms River, New Jersey Lottery officials said. The winning numbers were: 13, 17, 19, 40, and 69. The Gold Mega Ball was 17, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03. Each of the the lucky ticket holders are el…
Edison, NJ
News
NJ Man Threatened To Leak 'Compromising' Pics Of Girl Who Tried Ending Relationship, Police Say
A 23-year-old Newark man was arrested after threatening to release "compromising" photos of a girl who tried ending her relationship with him, authorities in Middlesex said. Robert Arroyo was charged with making terroristic threats, stalking, invasion of privacy and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, Middlesex Police Chief Matthew P. Geist said on Friday. Middlesex Borough Detectives Sean Flanagan and Daniel McCue reportedly arrested Arroyo at his home in Newark on Thursday, Geist said. In November 2020, the Middlesex Police Department received a report that …
Newark, NJ
News
Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison
The wheelman in nearly two dozen gas station and convenience store armed robberies in North Jersey was sent to federal prison for at least nine years. Meshach Whagar, 31, of Newark must serve just about all of the 110-month sentence handed down in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Whager admitted late last year that he drove the getaway car during the 20 predawn holdups in seven counties -- Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union -- in November and December of 2017 (see list of locations below). The gunman…
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Busted
: 31 Nabbed, 14 Pounds Of Coke, Firearms Seized In Massive Drug Distribution Scheme
Thirty-one people were arrested following a months-long New Jersey drug distribution scheme that netted 14.3 pounds of cocaine, two firearms and more than $193,000 in cash, authorities announced. An investigation into “Operation Triple Tragedy” involved law enforcement agencies from Somerset, Union, and Middlesex counties and the U.S. Postal Service. Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said the following arrests were made on June 4: Arrests made in “Operation Triple Tragedy”Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Joselin Castillo, aka “Tragedy," 30, Grandview Avenue Edison Po…
Hamilton Township, NJ
Weather
Weekend Washout? Here's The Latest Memorial Day Weather Outlook
Well, it wasn't the Memorial Day holiday weekend most of us hoped and planned for. Cloudy skies, blustery, howling winds, on-and-off-showers -- none of the sights we usually see this time of year. Near record cold-high temperatures are expected, with highs in the 50s and lows in the 40s, the National Weather Service's Mount Holly office says. Continued drizzle is likely Sunday, possibly tapering off at night. Light winds Saturday and coastal flooding are both likely, forecasters say. "If the official high temperature in Philadelphia and Washington D.C., does not make it out of the lower …
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Pair Accused Of Kicking Victim Found Lying On Ground, Bleeding From Nose, Mouth
A pair of Central Jersey men were in custody on accusations they brutally beat a man found lying on the ground bleeding from his nose and mouth last month, authorities in Somerset County said. Police responding to reports of an assault in progress found the 38-year-old victim bleeding from his nose and mouth with swollen eyes around 5 p.m. on April 26 in Bound Brook, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson. The man was taken to the hospital and authorities launched an investigation. Heiner Rivera-Ramirez, 38 and Selvin Ixtabalan-Garcia, 21, were identified as the suspects and …
Englewood, NJ
News
Multi-Agency Probe Ties Quartet To 84 Burglaries In Eight NJ Counties, Rockland
A car crash in Hackensack and an alert officer in Cedar Grove produced key evidence in the takedown of a mixed-gender crew believed responsible for 84 home burglaries in eight New Jersey counties and Rockland, authorities said. Investigators armed with a search warrant found proceeds from one of the burglaries in a Mercedes-Benz GL 450 that Keith Perry, 38, of Teaneck crashed in March, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Perry was identified as a burglar who threatened an Englewood homeowner by "making a motion with his hand inside his sweatshirt as though he had a gun" and saying…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
News
Motorcyclists In Predawn Police Pursuit From Popular Fair Lawn Tavern Surrender
Two motorcyclists who recklessly eluded police during a pre-dawn chase that began outside a popular Fair Lawn tavern turned themselves in to face charges, authorities said. An officer who responded to a call that the men were drunk when they left the Dutch House on Fair Lawn Avenue chased the pair into Saddle Brook before losing them shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Both Nicholas Jacobson, 24, of Saddle Brook, and Nicholas Ryan, 23, of Middlesex were later identified with help from Saddle Brook police and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, Metzler said. They later tur…
North Hunterdon, NJ
News
Winning Lottery Tickets Sold In Passaic, Middlesex, Warren Counties
Three winning New Jersey Lottery tickets were sold in Passaic, Middlesex and Warren counties. Tickets matching four of the five white balls and the Powerball for Wednesday's drawing were sold at: Utopia Deli, 355 Warwick Tpke. in Hewitt (Jackpocket) Speedway, 1020 Rt. 9 in Woodbridge 7-Eleven, 42 Rt. 517 and Panther in Hackettstown The winning numbers were: 04, 09, 17, 27, and 38. The Red Power Ball was 18, and the Multiplier number was 02. The Hewitt ticket was purchased with Powerplay, multiplying the prize to $100,000. The remaining two tickets are wi…
Middletown, NJ
News
Amazon Fulfillment Center Replacing Vacant Jersey Shore Sears Store
Amazon plans to open another fulfillment center in Central Jersey at the site of a vacant Sears store. The approximately 93,000-square-foot Monmouth County location — at Seaview Square Shopping Center in Ocean Township — is expected to open in October, Mayor Chris Siciliano told NJ Advance Media. “It’s a win-win for us and for Amazon," Siciliano told NJ.com. "It’s really an ideal spot and it will serve the needs of several communities." Amazon customers will be able to pick up packages at the center, which will create up to 200 jobs. Fulfillment centers are used to store inventory like el…
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Winners
: Mega Millions Tickets Good For $10K Sold At These 9 New Jersey Stores
Nine third-tier prizewinning tickets from the Tuesday, Jan. 12 Mega Millions drawing were sold across New Jersey. Each ticket matched four of the five white balls and the gold ball winning $10,000. The winning numbers were: 12, 14, 26, 28, and 33. The Gold Mega Ball was 09, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02. Those tickets were purchased at the following locations: Atlantic County: New Farmers Market, 2732 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City; Atlantic County: Shore True Value Hardware, 515 New Rd., Somers Point; Bergen County: Quick Chek #168, 156 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack; Cumberland …
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
News
Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree
An ex-con from Newark told a federal judge on Thursday that he was the getaway driver in a string of overnight convenience store and gas station robberies in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union counties. Meshach Whagar, 31, admitted during a video-conferenced plea hearing that he was the wheelman during the 20 predawn holdups in November and December of 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. It included robberies in Lodi, Mahwah, Elmwood Park, Clifton, Hoboken, Bayonne, Kearny, Parsippany, Rockaway, Morris Plains, West Orange, East Brunswick, South River, Edison, …
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