Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Lifestyle
Hopatcong Man Wins $100G Playing North Carolina Lottery Hopatcong Man Wins $100G Playing North Carolina Lottery
Hopatcong Man Wins $100G Playing North Carolina Lottery A Hopatcong man won $100,000 playing the North Carolina Lottery. Junde Zhang bought his lucky 100X The Cash ticket for $20 at gas station convenience store in North Carolina. He claimed his prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state withholdings, Zhang took home $70,756.

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Seen Them? Police Looking For Pair Who Held Up Newark Gas Station Seen Them? Police Looking For Pair Who Held Up Newark Gas Station
Seen Them? Police Looking For Pair Who Held Up Newark Gas Station Police in Newark are looking for two men who robbed a gas station Friday.  The men (pictured) robbed two attendants at Gas/Diesel Gas Station, 1285 McCarter Highway, around 10 a.m. They made off with about $653.  One of the men is described as 6’2” with a slim build. He was wearing a black hooded sweater and dark blue jeans. The other is also about 6’2” tall with a slim build and was wearing a black hooded sweater and light blue jeans. Anyone with information about these suspects is being asked to call the police department's 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-87…

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by Paul Milo
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Wayne PD: Burglar Caught Near Locked-Down High School, Gun Report Unfounded Wayne PD: Burglar Caught Near Locked-Down High School, Gun Report Unfounded
Wayne PD: Burglar Caught Near Locked-Down High School, Gun Report Unfounded Wayne police captured two burglars Friday after officials locked down nearby DePaul Catholic High School and other area schools were sheltered in place, authorities told Daily Voice. An officer responding to the Sherwood Street burglary call from an alert neighbor stopped the getaway driver at Alps Road and Mac Donald Drive, Capt. Jack McNiff said. An accomplice was found a couple of miles away on Kenwood Road, about four blocks from DePaul, he said The second suspect claimed to have been dropped off there by a carjacker armed with a gun, but police said they quickly saw through that story…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison Charged With Bergen Gas Station Burglary Spree Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison Charged With Bergen Gas Station Burglary Spree
Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison Charged With Bergen Gas Station Burglary Spree An ex-con with a rap sheet that stretches back more than a decade was charged with a series of gas station break-ins in Bergen County and elsewhere that began a little over a month after he was released from state prison. Yorghi Turkmany, 30, of Newark remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday pending a detention hearing this Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. From July 21 to Aug. 18, Turkmany burglarized gas stations in Franklin Lakes, Montvale, New Milford, Oradell, Ramsey, Ridgewood and Washington Township, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
News
Man Sentenced In Fairfield County For Multi-State Robbery Spree Man Sentenced In Fairfield County For Multi-State Robbery Spree
Man Sentenced In Fairfield County For Multi-State Robbery Spree A 33-year-old Waterbury man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison in connection with a multi-state armed robbery spree. A drug overdose in a Waterbury motel eventually led to the man's arrest. Zachary Provost was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing a series of robberies in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire in late 2017, according to John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in cour…

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by Jon Craig