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Former gang member testifies ‘Boom Bat’ was two-faced about murder victim
Jose “Boom Bat” Negrete, then the new leader of the Latin Kings street gang, was charismatic. He was also two-faced, a former member of the street gang testified.Jose “Boom Bat” NegreteStanding over...
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Murder victim’s ex-boyfriend testifies in trial of Latin King gang leader...
The former beau of a Latin “queen” gang member allegedly ordered killed by Latin King gang leader Jose Negrete testified Wednesday he knew something was wrong when he encountered a swarm of police...
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Two people murdered in Trenton within 24-hour period
Two people were murdered in Trenton within a 24-hour period. Police inspect a car that a driver who was shot crashed into a building on Ardmore Avenue. March 11, 2015 (Trentonian/L.A. Parker)Around...
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Trenton homicide victim identified as 19-year-old Darryl Ford
TRENTON >> A Trenton man shot to death Wednesday in the city’s East Ward was parked in a car with two passengers when he was ambushed by a unknown assailant who remains at large, authorities...
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Men convicted of killing Tracy Crews in Trenton asking for acquittal, new trial
TRENTON >> Two men convicted of fatally shooting convicted drug dealer Tracy Crews during a 2008 botched robbery are asking a judge to render a jury’s verdict moot and acquit them of...
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Former Latin King gang member testifies during murder trial about ‘Boom...
When Jose “Boom Bat” Negrete was installed as leader of the Latin Kings in the summer of 2004, the group underwent a stark transformation, from a loosely organized group of men who grew up together in...
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Trenton murder suspect charged with drug possession in jail
A convicted drug dealer accused in last month’s fatal shooting death of 25-year-old Taquan McNeil has been charged with an additional count of drug possession after prosecutors said he was found with...
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Former Latin King gang member testifies at ‘Boom Bat’ trial detailing attack
TRENTON>> A former Latin Kings gang member testified Wednesday he overheard Latin Kings leader Jose “Boom Bat” Negrete give a direct order to execute gang turncoat Alex Ruiz whose defection from...
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‘Boom Bat’ attorney hints at possibility of fifth trial for ordering murder...
Jose “Boom Bat” Negrete’s fourth murder trial isn’t over, and his attorney already raised the specter of a fifth trial Thursday when he renewed concerns his client’s constitutional rights are being...
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Suspect in 2014 Trenton murder charged in Ewing killing from 2012
A city man already in jail and awaiting trial for a 2014 killing has been charged with murder in connection with another slaying that took place in Ewing in 2012.Jared Littlejohn, 22, of Trenton, was...
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Local high school students sit in for transcript testimony in ‘Boom Bat’ trial
They came here to see testimony from witnesses implicating a Latin Kings leader for ordering the brutal 2004 murder of a gang “queen” and attempted murder of a gang turncoat.But the troupe of high...
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Gun used in Enrico Smalley murder linked to Essex County murder, 2 Trenton...
The murder weapon used in last year’s fatal shooting death of Enrico Smalley outside a violence-riddled city bar is linked with a separate homicide in Essex County and two shootings in Trenton,...
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Negrete’s old testimony alleges inaccuracies in witness stories, including...
Latin King gang members who testified against their leader couldn’t get his nickname right, let alone a story they gave prosecutors about how they carried out his orders to murder fellow gang members,...
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Trenton man charged in relation to city shooting death pleads guilty to robbery
A man implicated with two others for his role in a deadly, gang-related shootout that ended the life of Rayshawn Ransom in June 2013 pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and is expected to be...
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Trenton man in jail on drug offenses charged with murder of Steven Quinton...
A city man who was arrested last week after police raided his home and found weapons and drugs has been charged in connection with the murder of former city boxer Steven Brannon.On the evening of March...
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Three men to be tried together for murder of Emilio Lopez
Three men charged in the fatal shooting death of 34-year-old Emilio Lopez rejected prosecutors’ offer calling for 30-year sentences for murder and are expected to be tried together.No trial date has...
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Mother charged for not seeking medical treatment after daughter was allegedly...
The mother of a 5-year-old girl who died after her father bludgeoned her in the head with a brush handle in July 2012 admitted she did not seek medical treatment for her daughter.Dominique Smith, 24,...
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Man charged in roommate’s stabbing death rejects deal
A Trenton man accused of stabbing his roommate to death in 2013 maintains he acted in self-defense and rejected an offer calling for a 30-year sentence if he pleads guilty to murder. But the attorney...
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Four Liberian men accused of 2011 killing reject plea deals will see trial...
Four Liberian men accused in the execution-style slaying of Liberian immigrant and U.S. Army veteran Dardar Paye rejected final plea offers from prosecutors calling for 30-year sentences for murder and...
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Trenton man charged in 2014 murder also now accused of 2012 Ewing murder
A city man accused in the 2014 springtime murder of a former drug dealer was recently charged with killing a Ewing man in 2012 during a botched robbery after recent witnesses came forward, prosecutors...
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