Central Jersey Man Charged In Deadly Pedestrian Hit-And-Run In Trenton, Prosecutor Says
A Central Jersey man has been charged in connection with last year’s deadly hit-and-run of a pedestrian in Trenton, authorities announced.
Lemark Norwood, 44, was charged with second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and endangering an injured victim, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a Tuesday, March 29 release.
Norwood, of Bordentown, is accused of fatally striking Celso Rivera, 35, at the intersection of Route 129 and Lalor Street in Trenton around 5:15 a.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2021, Onofri said.
Rivera was found in the roadway and was later pr…
NJ Driver Hits 9 Vehicles, Killing Woman: Police
A New Jersey driver hit nine vehicles in a Tuesday afternoon crash that killed a 76-year-old woman, authorities said.
John MacMillan, 62, was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu southbound on Route 130 and ran a red light at the Horizon Center Boulevard intersection in Hamilton Township around 1:50 p.m., Lt. Richard Mastropolo said in a release.
MacMillan, of Edgewater Park, struck nine vehicles, including a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Frances Sgro, 76, of Columbus, Mastropolo said.
Sgro was extricated and taken with serious injuries to Capital Health Regional Hospital in Trenton, where s…
Four Powerball Tickets Totaling $250K Sold In NJ
Four lucky New Jersey Lottery players combined to win $250,000 in the latest Powerball drawing, officials said.
Their tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn Wednesday winning the $50,000 third-tier prize.
One of those four tickets was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $100,000.
Those winning tickets were sold at the following locations:
Union County ($100,000): Krauszer’s Food Store, 727 Central Ave., Westfield;
Bergen County ($50,000): 7-Eleven #34523, 29 County Rd., Tenafly;
Burlington County ($50,000): Quick Chek #140, 500 US…
NJ Man Admits Hatching $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scam
The mastermind of a GoFundMe scheme that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran admitted in federal court in New Jersey on Monday that he and his ex-girlfriend pocketed most of the money.
Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, admitted concocting a bogus feel-good story about the supposed victim coming to the rescue of Katelyn McClure after she ran out of gas on Route 95 on her way home to New Jersey from Philadelphia.
Both McClure and the homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., were in on the scheme, authorities said.
Together, D’Am…
