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Mother of teen says police didn’t have permission to question son in murder case
The mother of a Trenton teenager testified police didn’t have her permission to interview her son about potential involvement in the 2012 shooting death of a 21-year-old city man, contradicting a claim...
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Judge slaps gag order on lawyers in Enrico Smalley murder case after...
Fearful that pretrial publicity could impede the ability of the state to put on its case against a city man accused in the shooting death of 20-year-old Enrico Smalley Jr., a Superior Court judge...
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Trenton man to raise ‘diminished capacity’ defense in 2013 homicide case
A city man accused in the June 2013 stabbing death of his former girlfriend plans to raise a mental defense, claiming he was in a “diminished” state and unable to comprehend what he was doing at the...
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Mother of Trenton murder victim talks about struggles of parenting a troubled...
Picture of Jamer Greenfield taken from a memorial booklet from his funeral. (Contributed photo) Talaya Greenfield Jamer Greenfield (Contributed photo)When Jamer Greenfield was eight or nine years old,...
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Trenton’s most interesting murders of 2014
No single person’s death is more important than another’s: each murder brings heartbreak and suffering to people who are still living. The loss of any life — be it man, woman, elder or child — affects...
View ArticleOne of two suspects in murder of James Austin to file motion to dismiss
One of two city men charged in the shooting death of James Austin, the son of a veteran city cop, plans to file a motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with murder, his attorney said.Andrew Mark...
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Trenton murder suspect Randy Washington faces additional charges for armed...
Two city men were sitting on the front porch of their city residence in the evening hours of Oct. 16, 2014, when they were approached by a city man clad in a gray sweater, wielding a .45-caliber...
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Trenton man arrested in Florida in connection with Patrick Walker murder
A city man wanted for the murder of Patrick Walker was arrested Friday in a hotel in Florida. Walker, 39, was gunned down outside of La Guira Bar near the corner of North Clinton Avenue and Poplar...
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Trenton’s most interesting murders of 2014
No single person’s death is more important than another’s: each murder brings heartbreak and suffering to people who are still living. The loss of any life — be it man, woman, elder or child — affects...
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Tomarkus Whitfield indicted in Pinkey Priester slaying
The man accused of killing 33-year-old Pinkey Priester was indicted on December 19, the Mercer County Prosecutor's office said Tuesday. A grand jury indicted Tomarkus Whitfield, 36, of Trenton on one...
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Family claims police are not investigating Rodney Sutphin’s murder because of...
A couple of days after Rodney Ellis Sutphin’s death, police raided his Grant Avenue home around 4 a.m. and pointed guns equipped with laser sights at the occupants of the house. “The cops yelled, ‘Come...
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Jury still deliberating in Orlando Sanchez attempted murder case
A reputed member of the Latin Kings street gang elected not to testify in his attempted murder trial, but prosecutors are hoping an untaped confession he made to detectives inside a Florida...
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Shaheed Brown pleads innocent to charges of shooting and killing Enrico...
A city man accused in the July shooting death of Enrico Smalley Jr. pleaded not guilty to murder charges and rejected an offer from prosecutors calling for a 45-year prison term during a contentious...
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Mixed verdict in trial for attempted murder of Orlando “Coco” Sanchez who was...
Family members of a now-deceased Trenton man left the courtroom disgusted and with one lingering question after a jury returned a mixed-bag verdict late Thursday in the attempted murder trial of...
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Mental health counselors knew South Broad Street apartment was hotspot for crime
A passerby stops to view a makeshift memorial in honor of Rodney Burke on Hamilton Avenue. Nov. 6, 2014 - Penny RayCounselors working at Greater Trenton Behavioral Healthcare knew that a building on...
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Trial for 2008 murder of Tracey Crews details alleged betrayal and botched...
Tracey Crews scooped his sleeping daughter out of the back of his double-parked vehicle outside the Whittaker Avenue residence he shared with his new wife.The couple was just starting off their life...
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Judge pulls Trenton murder trial into closed session
Superior Court Judge Andrew Smithson appears committed to trying the case of two men accused of fatally shooting convicted drug dealer Tracy Lamont Crews at sidebar and in judge’s chambers.The murder...
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Family members open up to give a more complete picture of murder victim Tracy...
Neal Crews stood outside a county courtroom, decked out in a black “I can’t breathe” shirt, black pants and a black beanie.It has been more than six years since 23-year-old Tracy Crews was killed...
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Undisclosed police report causes drama at Trenton murder trial
A previously undisclosed police report, dubbed the Terman report by attorneys, could derail the murder trial of two men suspected of fatally shooting Tracy Lamont Crews in 2008.One defense attorney...
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Widow of Trenton murder victim accused by defense attorneys of conspiring in...
As Tracy Lamont Crews lay dying on the pavement outside his city residence, his new wife cradled him in her arms and applied pressure to his neck. Blood was all over her hands — literally and...
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