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Winner: Lucky Powerball Player Takes Home $50,000 In South Jersey
One lucky Powerball player is taking home $50,000 in Central Jersey, state Lottery officials said.
The winning ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn on Saturday, May 29, to win the third-tier prize.
That ticket was sold at South River Convenience Store, 58 Jackson St., in South River, Middlesex County.
The winning numbers for the Saturday drawing were: 11, 13, 22, 27, and 46.
The Red Power Ball number was 20. The Multiplier number was 02.
The next Powerball jackpot rolls to $268 million for the Wednesday June 2 drawing.
Winners: Four NJ Lottery Tickets Split $404K Jackpot
Four winning lottery tickets each good for approximately $101,100 were sold in New Jersey.
The tickets from Saturday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing will split the $404,600 jackpot.
The winning numbers were 03, 07, 11, 19, and 25 and the XTRA number was: 04.
Those tickets were sold at the following locations:
Hudson County: 7-Eleven #39406, 3900 Bergenline Ave., Union City;
Middlesex County: Krauszer’s, 81 Main St., South River;
Middlesex County: Quik Food, 6 Pointer Pl., Kendall Park; and,
Morris County: Main Street Liquor, 194 W. Union Tpke., Wharton.
The retailers will receive a bonus c…
Capitol Riot Suspects Arrested For Assault On Officer Brian Sicknick Grew Up In Central Jersey
A Pennsylvania and West Virginia man -- both natives of Central Jersey -- were arrested Sunday on criminal charges related to their alleged conspiring to injure Capitol Hill police officers, federal officials said.
During the Jan. 6 riot, they allegedly sprayed bear repellant into the faces of three officers, one of whom -- Brian D. Sicknick -- later died, authorities said. Sicknick 42, previously lived in South River, New Jersey.
Sicknick's exact cause of death has never been clarified.
According to court documents, Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pennsylvania, and G…
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, …
