Man Gunned Down at Work and a Huge Powerball Win in Jersey

Here are some of the most popular stories to appear on Newark Patch this month:

A 30-year-old immigrant who worked as a manager of the IHOP restaurant on Bergen Street was shot and killed after trying to settle a dispute that had broken out inside the eatery. for information leading to the arrest of his killer.

A city man who accompanied his girlfriend to a police precinct in order to fill out a missing persons report was arrested after police allegedly found a gun stuffed into the waistband of his pants.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office brought charges against a city man who allegedly produced child pornography at his home and in the trailer of his truck.

An off-duty Newark police officer working as a security guard at a Broadway supermarket shot and killed a robbery suspect.

One man was killed and two wounded in a shootout at a Bergen Street bodega.

A Passaic man is $338 million richer this month after winning the multi-state Powerball lottery. 

Police asked the public’s help in finding a man suspected of raping women in their homes.

The Newark Public Schools laid off 129 administrative staff.

A woman pleaded guilty to from the credit union at St. James Hospital.

Hess announced it was shedding its gas station business, which includes dozens of stations in New Jersey.

Paul Bergrin, a former high-profile Newark attorney, was convicted on all 23 counts he was facing  -- including murder -- in a trial that concluded this month. He faces life in prison.