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Turell murder trial begins Wednesday
TRENTON — Jury selection starts Wednesday in the case of the woman who already has convinced one judge it was self-defense when she fatally shot her boyfriend and took a bullet to the shoulder in a...
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Shooting victim pays respects to homicide victim
Jamel Robinson keeps a close eye on the makeshift memorial for Marcus Hunter on the corner of Passaic and Calhoun Streets. A white sheet that reads "SPG RIP MARK 1" has been tied to a chain linked...
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Lawyer: Client had nothing to do with Batie murder
By PAUL MICKLE pmickle@trentonian.com TRENTON — A lawyer Wednesday said his client — the second suspect in the Veterans Day shooting death of a Mercer County prison officer — was at the scene, but had...
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Turell doesn't want kids to see her face in the paper
By PAUL MICKLE pmickle@trentonian.com TRENTON — Ivelis Turell, on trial for allegedly shooting her boyfriend to death, doesn’t want her kids to see her picture in the newspapers. She would not...
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Jury selection continues in case against Ivelis Turell
By PAUL MICKLE pmickle@trentonian.com TRENTON — Another 50 prospects were brought Tuesday afternoon in a bid to find the last few jurors for the trial of a long abused woman claiming she killed her...
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Jury selection may finally end in Turell case
By PAUL MICKLE TRENTON — Both sides think a jury will finally be selected in time to start opening arguments Friday in the trial of a camera-shy mom claiming she killed her boyfriend in...
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Ivelis Turell murder trial begins
By PAUL MICKLE TRENTON – Ivelis Turell told the first cop on the scene her six-year-old son Eddie had shot and killed her boyfriend when the man’s silver 9 mm Ruger accidentally went off the night of...
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Son of retired police detective gunned down
The 18-year-old son of retired Trenton police Sgt. Luddie Austin was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon. Multiple sources told The Trentonian around 1:45 p.m. that James Austin was involved in a fight...
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Arrests made in James Austin case
Less than 24 hours after James Austin, the son of retired Trenton Police Sgt. Luddie Austin, was murdered, Trenton police and the U.S. Marshals made two arrests in the case on Wednesday.James Austin...
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City man killed during Tuesday home invasion
Police are looking for a suspect in the city’s second homicide in 24 hours and sixth on the year. At 9:52 p.m. Tuesday, roughly 10 hours after James Austin was gunned down on East State Street, a man...
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Another cop says Turell admitted shooting her boyfriend
By Paul MickleTRENTON – Another Trenton cop testified today that Ivelis Turell admitted to him that she shot her boyfriend after blaming her six-year-old son for the fatal gunning on April 30,...
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Murder victim easily bought the weapon that killed him
By PAUL MICKLE pmickle@trentonian.comTRENTON — Mike Whitaker, slain in a domestic violence incident, purchased the apparently hair-triggered gun that killed him under Pennsylvania’s easy rules for...
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Man charged in James Austin’s death makes bail
TRENTON — Robert Bartley and Raheem Currie, charged in the murder of 18-year-old James Austin, had their bails reduced by Judge Robert Billmeier on Thursday.Robert Bartley Bartley, who is charged with...
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Teenager arrested in home invasion slaying
Trenton police charged a 17-year-old male juvenile on March 2 for the murder of Louis Bryan Alvarez, 25, of Trenton. The teen, who police did not identify because he was a juvenile, had been in custody...
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Man indicted for shooting at homicide victim
Trenton - Juan Colon, 44, was indicted on criminal attempted murder charges last Wednesday for shooting at Orlando Sanchez two weeks before he was murdered. On Aug. 25, 2012, Colon allegedly went to...
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Man killed on Home Avenue in Trenton was 22-year-old father
TRENTON — City police are still investigating the shooting that left one man dead Friday night. Sidiq Howlen was gunned down in front of the Community Mini Market in the 100 block of Home Avenue....
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Man shot dead in West Trenton
After a one-day reprieve, the city’s criminal element was at it again with the gun violence. From last Friday through Tuesday, nine people were shot, which includes Sidique Richardson (Howlen), who was...
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Police identify city’s eighth homicide victim
Police are investigating the murder of a man who was shot on Bryn Mawr Avenue Thursday. At 7:34 p.m., police and medical personal were called to a residence at the end of Bryn Mawr near Volk Street on...
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Family of slain Trenton woman faces killer at sentencing
TRENTON – Brothers aged 13, 11 and 9 held back tears in court this morning as they faced the man who choked their mother to death and tossed her naked body in a dumpster in May of 2011.David Lopez It...
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Alleged wheelman charged in Sidique Richardson's murder
Trenton police have confirmed that they arrested a man who allegedly the driver in the drive-by shooting death of Sidique Richardson (Howlen) on Tuesday. Robert Smith, 22, of Trenton, was arrested and...
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