Man shot and killed on Pearl Street in Trenton
Whether it rains or snows, bullets seem to hail the capital city. A man was shot and killed Tuesday evening, marking this year's first homicide. Police said they received several calls reporting a...
View ArticleTuesday night shooting victim identified as Anthony Jones of Trenton
Police investigate Trenton's first homicide of 2015 in the 200 block of Pearl Street. Scott Ketterer - The TrentonianPolice have identified the city man found shot and killed Tuesday night on Pearl...
View ArticleQuestions rise about jury’s ability to remain untainted through delays of...
The murder trial of two men suspected of killing Tracy Crews in 2008 has had myriad twists and turns.None was bigger than the bombshell leveled this week, implicating Sheena Robinson-Crews, the...
View ArticleJudge issues gag order in Tracy Crews murder trial
Ongoing publicity of the Tracy Crews murder trial led a judge Wednesday to issue a gag order preventing attorneys from speaking with the media about the case.While issuing his decision, the judge,...
View ArticlePolice: Informant who accused widow of setting up murder victim was unreliable
It was spring 2013 and Gary Britton, the Trenton Police lead detective in the Tracy Crews murder case, had gotten a tip from a Pennsylvania prison official that a female inmate at Muncy claimed she had...
View ArticleDefense asks for dismissal as prosecutor tries to accommodate request to...
The prosecutor, Al Garcia, said it best when he surmised Wednesday that attorneys involved in the Tracy Crews murder trial are in “uncharted territory.”Garcia is in the peculiar position of working...
View ArticleJury returns to Trenton trial for murder of Tracy Crews after several delays
Moments before Tracy Crews was shot in the kitchen of his Whittaker Avenue home in September 2008, he put up his hands to try to shield himself, a medical examiner testified Thursday.But Crews’ hands...
View ArticleBallistics expert testifies at trial for murder of Tracy Crews
In the end, James Storey’s lengthy testimony Monday in the Tracy Crews murder trial could have been boiled down to a single nugget for the jury. Shell casings found inside Crews’ city residence in...
View ArticleMurder victim’s widow tells harrowing tale of night her husband was killed in...
Sheena Robinson-Crews was eight months pregnant and pressed with a perilous decision on Sept. 12, 2008.Her husband, Tracy Crews, had just been shot in the neck inside the couple’s Whittaker Avenue home...
View ArticleTrenton man indicted in connection with Brandon Nance murder
A city man has been indicted in connection with a 2013 shooting that left a man dead outside of a Chambersburg landmark.Brandon Nance, 26, was gunned down outside of Italian People’s Bakery on Butler...
View ArticleMurder victim’s widow cross examined, questioned on role in husband’s murder
There was a moment in court Wednesday when it almost seemed liked Sheena Robinson-Crews, the widow of a Trenton gang member, was on trial. Her testimony was marked by startling admissions and terse...
View ArticleJailhouse informant becomes star witness in trial for the murder of Tracy Crews
While incarcerated in a county jail awaiting trial for murder, Nigel Joseph Dawson admitted firing the fatal shot that killed Tracy Crews during a botched home invasion on Sept. 12, 2008, a...
View ArticleProsecutors want to bring murder victim’s dying statement into evidence at trial
Assistant Prosecutor Al Garcia wants a judge to reconsider whether a jury can hear evidence of a dying declaration Trenton gang member Tracy Crews reportedly made moments after he was shot in the neck...
View ArticleAttorneys in Tracy Crews murder trial expected to implicate the victim’s wife...
Defense attorneys in the Tracy Crews murder trial are expected to raise a third-party guilt defense, implicating the wife of a Trenton gangster in his September 2008 murder.The defense is based on...
View ArticleMan shot and killed on Riverside Drive
A city man was shot and killed Saturday evening in an apartment building hallway. According to law enforcement, around 9:52 p.m. Saturday, police received calls about gunfire in the 1900 block of...
View ArticleJudge rules to allow dying statement as evidence in Tracy Crews murder case
A judge ruled Monday a jury in the Tracy Crews murder trial can hear evidence of a dying declaration Crews reportedly made moments after he was shot in the neck in September 2008.The decision paves the...
View ArticleBail increased for Anthony Concepcion, charged with murder in Patrick Walker...
Anthony L. Concepcion produced a handgun from his waistband, fired at the ground and pumped several rounds into Patrick Walker outside of La Guira Bar in December, authorities said. Prosecutors are...
View ArticleTrenton man indicted in connection with Naquan Ellis murder
A city man has been indicted in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old Naquan Ellis. Grady A. Blue IIIGrady A. Blue III, 22, was indicted last week on charges of murder, attempted murder,...
View ArticleTrenton murder victim’s widow tells court about his final moments
“Who did this to you? Who did this to you? Who did this to you?”Sheena Robinson-Crews held her husband close, frantically asking him for the identity of the person who shot him inside the couple’s...
View ArticleInmate testifies about widow’s alleged role in murder of Tracy Crews
A Pennsylvania inmate testified Wednesday that Sheena Robinson-Crews, the widow of a Trenton gang member, confessed setting up her husband’s Sept. 12, 2008 murder.Maria Cappelli appeared by video...
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