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Here's Where $1.15M Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Was Sold
One lucky Jersey Cash 5 player is waking up $1,148,993 richer.
E&T Food Market at 462 River Styx Road in Hopatcong sold the winning ticket and will receive a $2,000 bonus, lottery officials said.
The winning ticket from Saturday, Aug. 9, matched all five numbers to win the jackpot, the New Jersey Lottery said.
The numbers were 10, 17, 24, 31, and 40. The XTRA was 04 and Bullseye was 31.
This was the year’s 42nd Jersey Cash 5 jackpot win and the seventh to top $1 million. It was the game’s first jackpot winner in nine days.
In addition to the jackpot, 12 players matched four out…
Somerset Driver, 20, Killed In Route 1 Plainsboro Crash With Dump Truck: Prosecutor
A 20-year-old man was killed and his passenger critically injured in a three-vehicle crash on Route 1 on Friday, Aug. 8, authorities said.
Jonathan Martinez, 20, of Somerset, was heading south when his Acura TSX struck the back of a dump truck just after 1 a.m. at College Road, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Eamon Blanchard said in a joint statement.
The impact of the crash sent the dump truck into the left lane, where it was struck by a Hyundai Genesis, Ciccone and Blanchard said.
Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene while his p…
NJ Motel 6, Red Roof Inn Ignored ‘Obvious Signs’ Of Teen Sex Trafficking, Federal Suits Allege
A New Jersey woman has filed two lawsuits in New Jersey federal court alleging that Red Roof Inn and Motel 6 turned a blind eye while she was beaten, raped, and sold for sex as a teenager.
In court documents, the alleged victim Jane Doe claims that she was trafficked by Stanton Krogulski, a man she met in May 2014, when she was 17 years old, grieving her mother’s death, and facing homelessness.
One suit filed July 9 by Hach, Rose, Schirripa, and Cheverie LLP alleges that Jane Doe was lured to Motel 6 on Route 73 North in Maple Shade, where Krogulski — who was killed in Philadelphia in …
Driver Wanted To Hurt People When He Plowed Across Riverwinds Fields, Police Say
A driver accused of intentionally putting lives at risk during youth football practice at a South Jersey sports complex has been arrested and charged, officials said.
The incident occurred around 7:29 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, when officers from the West Deptford Police Department were called to the RiverWinds complex for a report of a vehicle driving recklessly across the fields, Chief Michael Franks said.
According to police, the vehicle ultimately crashed into a light standard, near a large group of people gathered for football practice, the chief said.
The driver, who was not named, w…
