Middletown, NJ
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BIG WINNER: Pick 6 Lottery Player Takes Home $9.2M In Central Jersey BIG WINNER: Pick 6 Lottery Player Takes Home $9.2M In Central Jersey
BIG Winner: Pick 6 Lottery Player Takes Home $9.2M In Central Jersey There is a new multimillionaire In Middlesex County. One lucky lottery player matched all six numbers in Monday's Pick-6 drawing to win the $9.2 million annuity jackpot, state officials said. The cash value of the ticket is more than $7.2 million.  The winning ticket was sold at Quick Stop Food Store, 1665 Stelton Road in  Piscataway.  The lucky retailer will receive a bonus of $10,000 for selling that winning ticket. Executive Director James Carey said, “We are excited to meet the winner of this $9.2 million jackpot prize and learn how it will impact their life!” Lo…

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by Jon Craig
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Man Admits Using Postal Workers, Students To Steal, Forge COVID Stimulus Checks NJ Man Admits Using Postal Workers, Students To Steal, Forge COVID Stimulus Checks
NJ Man Admits Using Postal Workers, Students To Steal, Forge COVID Stimulus Checks A Union County man admitted recruiting postal service employees to steal federal COVID stimulus checks and then paying high school students to help cash them, authorities said. Tashon Ragan, 21, of Hillside was among a group of thieves associated with a group called “The Members” who paid US Postal Service employees in cash to steal credit cards and blank checkbooks from the mail, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. They then “forged the signatures of the accountholders and negotiated the checks by making them payable to individuals,” Honig said. Some were New Jersey high school st…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Piscataway Man, 45, Tried Having Sex With Girl, 15, Secaucus Police Say Piscataway Man, 45, Tried Having Sex With Girl, 15, Secaucus Police Say
Piscataway Man, 45, Tried Having Sex With Girl, 15, Secaucus Police Say A 45-year-old Piscataway man was arrested for trying to have sex with an individual who he believed was a 15-year-old girl, authorities said. Barry Sloben was chatting with the "girl" on an online dating app April 9, and drove to Walmart in Secaucus later that day to meet her -- although the was not successful in that attempt, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Sloben was arrested on April 26 at 8:26 p.m. following an investigation, Miller said. He was arrested at Secaucus Police Headquarters for Enticing a Child [2C:13-6A], and was served his complaint summons. Sloben was released…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One' Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One'
Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One' One man died and another was injured in a Plainfield shooting over the weekend, authorities said. Michael Price Jr., 29, of Dunellen, was shot near West eighth Street and Grant Avenue in the late afternoon hours, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess jointly announced Monday. This little girl woke up today without a father. Hurt deeply about the news. Michael Price My former HS teammate and... Posted by Make-Allen Brown on Monday, May 3, 2021 A 30-year-old Piscataway whose name was not released was also found at that location with…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
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Executive Laid To Rest, Search Continues For Hit-Run 'Coward' Who Killed Him On Route 46 Executive Laid To Rest, Search Continues For Hit-Run 'Coward' Who Killed Him On Route 46
Executive Laid To Rest, Search Continues For Hit-Run 'Coward' Who Killed Him On Route 46 Family and friends plan to honor the memory this weekend of a North Jersey investment banking executive as a search continued for the “cowardly” driver who fled after hitting him on Route 46. Dharmesh Patel was crossing the highway near his Clifton home when he was struck on the westbound side shortly after midnight Sunday, authorities said. As that vehicle sped off, he was struck by another whose driver stopped and stayed. Patel was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead hours later. Friends and loved ones called his death “the senseless act of a cowa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
BUSTED: 'Operation Price Is Right' Nabs 11 In Central Jersey Drug Ring BUSTED: 'Operation Price Is Right' Nabs 11 In Central Jersey Drug Ring
Busted: 'Operation Price Is Right' Nabs 11 In Central Jersey Drug Ring Eleven people have been arrested in Central Jersey in connection with a large-scale drug distribution ring, authorities said.  Most of the alleged cocaine and heroin deals occurred in Union and Middlesex counties, according to  Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. The sting was called "Operation Price Is Right." More than 20 warranted searches resulted in the recovery of over two kilograms of suspected cocaine, over one kilogram of suspected heroin, approximately 149 grams of fentanyl, 70 grams of Oxycodone, one loaded Smith and Wesson revolver and over $120,000 in su…

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by Jon Craig
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
State Police: Middlesex County Man, 44, Critically Injured In Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash State Police: Middlesex County Man, 44, Critically Injured In Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash
State Police: Middlesex County Man, 44, Critically Injured In Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash A 44-year-old tractor-trailer driver was critically injured after crashing into a guardrail on Route 287 early Thursday morning, state police said. Weharken Dorsainvil, of Piscataway, was driving a  Freightliner Tractor Trailer northbound when he veered to the left and hit a guardrail near milepost 32 in Harding Township around 3 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Dorsainvil was seriously injured in the crash, which remains under investigation, Marchan said. Additional details were not immediately available.

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by Valerie Musson
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Middle School Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sex Attack On Child Central Jersey Middle School Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sex Attack On Child
Central Jersey Middle School Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sex Attack On Child A 53-year-old middle school teacher from Piscataway has been arrested for sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. Harry Wyatt, a teacher at Leonard V. Moore Middle School in the the Roselle School District in Union County, was arrested on Christmas Eve, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Piscataway Police Chief Thomas Mosier. Wyatt reportedly knew the child that he is accused of sexually assaulting, they said. Wyatt was being held in the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center pen…

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by Jon Craig
Hackensack, NJ
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Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area
Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area Federal authorities announced charges Monday against an accused Libyan terrorist on the 32nd anniversary of the Flight 103 bombing over Scotland that killed 270 people. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is charged with terrorism-related crimes in the 1988 bombing over the village of Lockerbie that killed 190 Americans in all, Attorney General William Barr said Monday. The victims in modern-day history’s worst attack on Americans before 9/11 included 33 New Jerseyans and 61 New York State residents, as well as 11 from Massachusetts, nine from Pennsylvania and five from Connecticut (see list below). …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Man, 63, Dies In Piscataway House Fire Man, 63, Dies In Piscataway House Fire
Man, 63, Dies In Piscataway House Fire A 63-year-old man died in a Piscataway house fire Saturday. Smoke billowed from 827 Maple Ave., as firefighters arrived following a neighbor's 9-1-1 call, police said. Fire responders pulled the unconscious victim and started performing CPR, before he was taken to JFK Medical Center, police said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. The New Market Fire Company, PSE&G, Piscataway Office of Emergency Management and the Piscataway Fire Inspector responded. Police did not release the victim's identity.

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by Cecilia Levine
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Somerset County Sheriff's Officer Dies Of Heart Attack On Duty, 50 Somerset County Sheriff's Officer Dies Of Heart Attack On Duty, 50
Somerset County Sheriff's Officer Dies Of Heart Attack On Duty, 50 A Somerset County Sheriff's Officer with nearly two decades of experience died on duty of a heart attack Sunday morning, according to a recent news report. Ahmed Mackey, 50, was preparing to go out on a detail when he suffered the medical episode in the county municipal garage just before noon, MyCentralJersey.com reports. Nearby officers performed CPR on Mackey after he "fell ill," Sheriff Darrin Russo said. Mackey, of Piscataway, was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, where he died. Mackey was remembered in a post by the Somerset County Officers Association as "…

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by Cecilia Levine
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Dead, Passenger Seriously Injured In Route 287 Rollover Crash Driver Dead, Passenger Seriously Injured In Route 287 Rollover Crash
Driver Dead, Passenger Seriously Injured In Route 287 Rollover Crash A 49-year-old driver died and her 48-year-old passenger was seriously injured in a Route 287 rollover crash overnight in Piscataway.  Tamiyka N. Scott, of Piscataway, was heading southbound in a 2003 Honda Accord when she went off the road, struck multiple trees and overturned around near milepost 5.2, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. Scott's passenger, a Staten Island woman, was ejected and suffered serious injuries in the incident around 12:15 a.m., Sunday, Marchan said. Scott was partially ejected, and was pronounced dead, police said. The crash was under…

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by Cecilia Levine