WINNERS: 3 Lucky Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Players Split $1.9M Jackpot WINNERS: 3 Lucky Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Players Split $1.9M Jackpot
Winners: 3 Lucky Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Players Split $1.9M Jackpot Three lucky tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $1,907,805 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Friday, Feb. 25, drawing.  Each winning ticket is worth $635,935.  The winning numbers were: 04, 12, 25, 29, and 34 and the XTRA number was: 03.  The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Ocean County: Wawa #8372, 1902 Route 88, Brick; Ocean County: ShopRite #604, 2 Route 37 W., Toms River; and, Union County: 7-Eleven #11436, 565 Morris Ave., Springfield. ALSO SEE: Winni…
Driver, 30, Dies In Route 24 Crash Driver, 30, Dies In Route 24 Crash
Driver, 30, Dies In Route 24 Crash A 30-year-old man died in a crash on Route 24 early Friday, Feb. 4 in Union County, authorities said. Alexander Marrero's vehicle was heading eastbound onto the I-78 ramp when his Mazda 3 veered off the left side of the road around 1:15 a.m. in Springfield, New Jersey State Police Trooper Brandi Slota said. The car struck the end of a guard rail on the eastbound ramp and Marrero, of Bloomfield, was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial and unconfirmed reports say the driver suffered a severely severed leg.
2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash 2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash
2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash Two people died and another two were injured in a crash involving a box truck Sunday in Burlington County, according to New Jersey State Police. Tyshaun Carter, 24, was heading south on Route 628 in a BMW 325xi when he struck a box truck turning left out of a driveway around 4:15 a.m. in Springfield, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. The vehicle struck a utility pole and a tunnel carrying a drain under the road. Carter, of Mount Holly, and back-seat passenger Christopher Blackmon, 53, of the Browns Mills, were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene near milepost 3.3, police said. Carter'…
NJ Residents Are Spending Hours Waiting In COVID Testing Lines NJ Residents Are Spending Hours Waiting In COVID Testing Lines
NJ Residents Are Spending Hours Waiting In COVID Testing Lines COVID-19 tests are hottest items on the market right now, as New Jersey residents are spending chunks of their days waiting in lines -- some as many as nine hours. Jackelyne Matsuo hopped in line at the MedRite in Paramus Wednesday morning and received a PCR test after two hours.  She wanted a rapid test, though -- and MediRite was only offering one or the other -- so she headed to Newark's Lincoln Park and Broad Street drive-thru testing site. There, she spent another two hours waiting for the rapid test. Drive-thru test site in Newark, Dec. 22.Jackelyne Matsuo "The line was wrapping…
NJ Drug Dealer Gets 8 Years Prison For Customer's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Prosecutor Says NJ Drug Dealer Gets 8 Years Prison For Customer's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Prosecutor Says
NJ Drug Dealer Gets 8 Years Prison For Customer's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Prosecutor Says A 30-year-old Trenton drug dealer has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey state prison for the death of a 22-year-old Burlington County woman who fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities said. Daquan Marshall, 30, of Trenton, must serve more than six years and nine months before he is eligible for parole, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said.  Marshall pleaded guilty in September to first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death, he said. “Drug dealers know that selling fentanyl can be deadly to any given customer from any given dose, and we int…
NJ Driver Had BAC Nearly 3X Legal Limit In Midday Traffic Stop, Police In NY Say NJ Driver Had BAC Nearly 3X Legal Limit In Midday Traffic Stop, Police In NY Say
NJ Driver Had BAC Nearly 3X Legal Limit In Midday Traffic Stop, Police In NY Say A midday traffic stop in the Hudson Valley led to the arrest of a New Jersey man who was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit. New York State Police troopers received a report of an erratic driver on I-87 in Ulster County at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 in New Paltz. Troopers were able to track down the driver, Springfield, New Jersey resident Alexander Ostrobrod, 34, and stopped him for multiple traffic violations on the Thruway. During the subsequent stop, police said that it was determined Ostrobrod was allegedly intoxicated and …
Driver Busted By State Police With BAC Twice Legal Limit On I-87 In Area, Police Say Driver Busted By State Police With BAC Twice Legal Limit On I-87 In Area, Police Say
Driver Busted By State Police With BAC Twice Legal Limit On I-87 In Area, Police Say A midday traffic stop in the Hudson Valley led to the arrest of a man who was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit. New York State Police troopers received a report of an erratic driver on I-87 in Ulster County at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 in New Paltz. Troopers were able to track down the driver, Springfield, New Jersey resident Alexander Ostrobrod, age 34, and stopped him for multiple traffic violations on the Thruway. During the subsequent stop, police said that it was determined Ostrobrod was allegedly intoxicated and he was …
NJ Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Customer's Fentanyl/Heroin OD Death, Authorities Say NJ Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Customer's Fentanyl/Heroin OD Death, Authorities Say
NJ Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Customer's Fentanyl/Heroin OD Death, Authorities Say A Trenton drug dealer admit guilty to providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that caused a woman's fatal overdose in 2018, authorities announced Thursday. Daquan Marshall, 30, pleaded guilty to strict liability in the drug-induced death of the first-degree in exchange for a nine-year sentence in New Jersey State Prison on Sept. 14, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Marshall, who pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge John J. Burke III, will be sentenced on Oct. 19. Marshall has been lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly since his arrest in April 2019. He…
Newest Tesla Dealership Destination: Jersey Shore Newest Tesla Dealership Destination: Jersey Shore
Newest Tesla Dealership Destination: Jersey Shore A new Tesla dealership is coming soon to a Jersey Shore town, reports say.  The electric car manufacturer plans to open its first store in Monmouth County, according to the Asbury Park Press. The newest Tesla dealer will replace the vacated Funtime America on Route 35 in Eatontown. An opening date has not been announced. The project was approved by the Eatontown Zoning Board of Adjustment several months ago, according to news reports. The Eatowntown dealership will have 10 electric vehicle charging stations and a public standalone parking space for charging visitors' vehicles, APP.…
Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison
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…
Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport
Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport An 83-year-old Union County pilot operating an experimental aircraft crash-landed off a runway at Morristown Municipal Airport due to an equipment malfunction Tuesday morning, authorities said. John Loofbourrow of Springfield was approaching Runway 23 in an experimental Taylor Coot aircraft with equipment indicators showing locked landing gear around 9 a.m., according to the Morristown Department of Public Safety. However, as Loofbourrow touched the plane to the runway, the right landing gear “either failed or had not been locked down,” the department said. ALSO SEE: Bergen County Pi…
Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say
Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say A pair of men were arrested after they agreed to meet up with individuals who they believed were 14- and 15-year-old girls in Secaucus, police said following an undercover investigation. Nicholas Signorelli, 24, of Springfield, luring and enticing a child, while Nevil Rana, 34, of Wallington, was charged with the same, along with criminal attempt to endanger the welfare of a child and obscenity for persons under 18, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The police department got a tip that a man later identified as Signorelli had been talking to someone who he thought was a 14-year-old …