One Arrested In Connection With Long Island Shoot-Out With Police One Arrested In Connection With Long Island Shoot-Out With Police
One Arrested In Connection With Long Island Shoot-Out With Police A Long Island man has been arrested in connection with an incident in which police officers were shot at by a group of men. Christopher Anderson, 25, of Roosevelt, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 30, for the event which took place on Tuesday, Dec. 29, in Hempstead, Nassau County Police said. According to detectives, Hempstead officers attempted to stop a vehicle at the Valero gas station located at Greenwich Street and Jerusalem Avenue.  The suspect vehicle fled the scene and stopped on East Pennywood Avenue near the intersection of Nassau Road in Roosevelt. The occupan…
Search On For Suspects Who Shot At Officers During Attempted Long Island Traffic Stop Search On For Suspects Who Shot At Officers During Attempted Long Island Traffic Stop
Search On For Suspects Who Shot At Officers During Attempted Long Island Traffic Stop Nassau County police are searching for several suspects who fired shots at officers during an attempted traffic stop. The incident, which began in Hempstead and ended with shots being fired in Roosevelt, took place around 8:14 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, Hempstead officers attempted to stop a vehicle at the Valero gas station located at Greenwich Street and Jerusalem Avenue.  The suspect vehicle fled the scene and stopped on East Pennywood Avenue near the intersection of Nassau Road in Roosevelt, police said. The occupants exited th…
Lottery Officials: We Were Wrong -- Winning $1K A Week Ticket Sold In Flemington, Not Clifton Lottery Officials: We Were Wrong -- Winning $1K A Week Ticket Sold In Flemington, Not Clifton
Lottery Officials: We Were Wrong -- Winning $1K A Week Ticket Sold In Flemington, Not Clifton A lottery ticket winning $1,000 a week for life was sold in Flemington, said lottery officials hours after announcing the ticket was sold in Clifton. The CASH4LIFE ticket from Monday's drawing was sold at Valero at 222 Route 202 in Flemington. The winning numbers were: 12, 16, 20, 34 and 40. The Cash Ball was: 01. Two New Jersey players win $2,500 for matching four white balls and the Cash Ball drawn. Moreover, 10,455 players won $54,983 in cash prizes ranging from $2 to $500 with 2,230 of those tickets doubling their prize with DOUBLER.  The DOUBLER add-on featur…
One Seriously Injured After Shooting At Area Gas Station One Seriously Injured After Shooting At Area Gas Station
One Seriously Injured After Shooting At Area Gas Station A person suffered serious injuries after being shot at an area gas station, police said. Officers in Orange County responded to the Valero gas station on Carpenter Avenue in Wallkill shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 1, where there were reports of a shooting. According to police, one victim was transported to Garnet Health Medical Center in serious conditions.  Investigators did not give a motive for the shooting and declined to provide the sex or other identifying information of the victim. The shooting was just outside Middletown, where a police officer and suspect exchanged…
Lottery Officials: We Were Wrong -- Winning $1K A Week Ticket Sold In Flemington, Not Clifton Lottery Officials: We Were Wrong -- Winning $1K A Week Ticket Sold In Flemington, Not Clifton
Lottery Officials: We Were Wrong -- Winning $1K A Week Ticket Sold In Flemington, Not Clifton A lottery ticket winning $1,000 a week for life was sold in Flemington, said lottery officials hours after announcing the ticket was sold in Clifton. The CASH4LIFE ticket from Monday's drawing was sold at Valero at 222 Route 202 in Flemington. The winning numbers were: 12, 16, 20, 34 and 40. The Cash Ball was: 01. Two New Jersey players win $2,500 for matching four white balls and the Cash Ball drawn. Moreover, 10,455 players won $54,983 in cash prizes ranging from $2 to $500 with 2,230 of those tickets doubling their prize with DOUBLER. The DOUBLER add-on feature doubles the $2,500 thir…
Two Store Clerks Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minor During Detail, State Police Say Two Store Clerks Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minor During Detail, State Police Say
Two Store Clerks Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minor During Detail, State Police Say Two store clerks were charged with selling alcohol to a minor during an underage enforcement operation conducted by state police in the area. The detail, held on Saturday, May 23 in Dutchess, utilized an underage volunteer to purchase alcohol under the observation of plainclothes investigators and supported by uniformed troopers. A total of 18 store clerks refused to complete the sale of alcohol to the volunteer.  The two clerks who were both charged with prohibited sale of alcohol to a minor, a Class A misdemeanor, are: Ryan Mayers, 29, of Wappingers Falls, an employee of Shell Ga…
$2M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Edison, $10,000 Winner Sold In Mahwah $2M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Edison, $10,000 Winner Sold In Mahwah
$2M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Edison, $10,000 Winner Sold In Mahwah A lottery ticket good for $2 million was sold in Middlesex County, New Jersey Lottery officials said. The ticket from Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing was purchased from Route 1 ShopRite in Edison. A third-tier ticket winning $10,000 was also sold at the Valero gas station on Route 17 N. in Mahwah. That ticket matched four numbers and the Megaball. The winning numbers were 13, 15, 24, 67 and 70. The Mega Ball was 17 with a Megaplier of 2X. The New Jersey Lottery office in Lawrence remains closed until at least May 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Winners can still claim prizes…
High-Speed Stolen Car Chase From Paramus Ends In Crash, Arrests In Bloomfield High-Speed Stolen Car Chase From Paramus Ends In Crash, Arrests In Bloomfield
High-Speed Stolen Car Chase From Paramus Ends In Crash, Arrests In Bloomfield Paramus police seized two Newark men in Bloomfield following an overnight car chase and crash Tuesday that began after the owner of a BMW left it running at a Route 17 gas station in Upper Saddle River, authorities said. The driver went in to make a purchase at the Valero station on the highway's northbound side shortly after 2:30 a.m. when another car pulled in and two thieves in masks and hoods got out, they said. The transport vehicle -- a white Infiniti Q50 stolen out of East Rutherford -- and the BMW 8 Series both took off, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A short time lat…
Lottery Ticket Good For $150K Sold In Monmouth County Lottery Ticket Good For $150K Sold In Monmouth County
Lottery Ticket Good For $150K Sold In Monmouth County A winning New Jersey Lottery ticket was sold in Monmouth County. The ticket from Saturday's Powerball drawing was sold at Valero, 391 Route 9 South in Englishtown. The winning numbers were: 24, 44, 46, 50 and 51. The Red Power Ball number was 13. The Multiplier number was 03. The winner will take home $150,000 because the ticket was purchased with Powerplay, which tripled the $50,000 third-tier prize. In addition to the third-tier prize-winning ticket sold, there were 23,863 New Jersey players who took home an estimated $133,168 in prizes ranging from $4 to $300, Lottery officials s…
Man Used Stolen Credit Card At Long Island Gas Station, Police Say Man Used Stolen Credit Card At Long Island Gas Station, Police Say
Man Used Stolen Credit Card At Long Island Gas Station, Police Say A man is wanted by police investigators on Long Island after using a credit card reported stolen from a parked car at an area gas station. An alert has been issued by Suffolk County Crime Stoppers as they attempt to locate and identify a man who used the stolen credit card to get gas at Valero in Selden. Police said that the man used the card at Valero on Route 25 late on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The card, along with other items, had been stolen earlier that night from a car in the Planet Fitness parking lot on Middle Country Road in Selden. Anyone with information has been asked to contact Suf…
Man Busted For Armed Gas Station Robbery In Area, Police Say Man Busted For Armed Gas Station Robbery In Area, Police Say
Man Busted For Armed Gas Station Robbery In Area, Police Say A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a gas station armed robbery in the area. Orange County resident Andre McGriff, of Newburgh, was arrested by the Town of Newburgh Police for the Feb. 5, armed robbery of the Mobil Gas Station on South Plank Road, said Lt. James Nenni. According to Nenni, McGriff will be prosecuted in federal court.  See Earlier Story: Town Of Newburgh Police Searching For Serial Armed Robber The department was assisted in the investigation by the FBI Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, the New York State Police, City of Newb…
Police Searching For Serial Armed Robber In Area Police Searching For Serial Armed Robber In Area
Police Searching For Serial Armed Robber In Area Police are searching for an armed man who has allegedly robbed three gas station/convenience stores at gunpoint in the area. The robberies in Orange County began on Jan. 25, with the latest taking place around 1:17 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 5, said Town of Newburgh Police Lt. James Nenni.  The suspect is described as a stocky black male, between 5-foot-10 and 6-feet tall, wearing a dark blue or black hooded sweatshirt, and dark-colored pants, Nenni said. In each case, the suspect’s face was covered and he displayed a black, semi-automatic handgun, which was used to threaten the&…