Man shot and killed on St. Joes Avenue Sunday morning
Police process a murder scene in the 300 block of St. Joes Avenue. June 7, 2015 (Penny Ray - Trentonian)Several evidence placards littered the sidewalk and front porch of a city home as a half a dozen...
View ArticleTrenton man indicted in connection with 2014 murder of Silas Johnson
Randy Kareem WashingtonA city man accused of killing two people last year has been indicted in connection with one of the cases. Randy Washington, 34, was recently indicted on charges of murder,...
View ArticleTrenton woman arrested in connection with murder of Paris France Way
Charlotte CarmanA city woman was arrested last week and charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of Paris France Way. Charlotte Carman, 38, is charged with murder, felony murder,...
View ArticleTrial for Smalley murder assigned to new judge, may see court sooner
Undeterred by a possible life sentence if he is found guilty by a jury, Shaheed Brown, who has repeatedly clamored for a speedy trial in the slaying of another man outside a city bar last year, is...
View ArticleKey witnesses expected to testify about Corbett murder this week
Keith Wells HolmesThe murder case against Keith Wells-Holmes appears to rely centrally on video surveillance and the word of a Mercer County detective.Absent a clear-cut motive and the murder weapon, a...
View ArticleDrug dealer testifies that suspect shot, killed graffiti artist
Admitted drug dealer and convicted felon Michael Barnes said on the stand Tuesday he planned to disregard prosecutors’ subpoena to testify in the murder trial of a Trenton man accused of gunning down...
View ArticleAlleged getaway driver granted immunity to testify at Trenton murder trial
The alleged getaway driver of Keith Wells-Holmes has beenKeith Wells Holmesgranted immunity to testify in Wells-Holmes' murder trial, a rare move that required permission from the state Attorney...
View ArticleTrenton murder trial marked with drama, uncommon proceedings in fifth day
Bleary eyed attorneys walked out of court Wednesday followingKeith Wells Holmesan exhausting, drama-filled day in the murder trial of Keith Wells-Holmes that required them to work through part of their...
View ArticleProsecutors: Infidelity led Trenton woman to murder her boyfriend
TRENTON >> One of Paris France Way’s friends said his friend liked women, “probably to a fault.” Way’s way with women appears to have led to his death.His girlfriend, Charlotte Carman, 38, of...
View ArticleTwo Trenton men will face trial for shooting death of corrections officer
TRENTON >> Two city men charged in the fatal shooting death of an off-duty Mercer County corrections officer are being tried in the fall, a judge said Friday.Maurice SkillmanMaurice Skillman and...
View ArticleTwo men murdered overnight in Trenton
Police guard this home in the first block of Cummings Avenue were a man was shot and killed. June 24, 2015 (Penny Ray - Trentonian)It seems as if violence in the city never takes a vacation — not even...
View ArticleTeenager murdered in Trenton Friday night
By Trentonian reporters Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman and Penny RayThe Serenity Garden at the corner of Prospect Street and Bellevue Avenue in Trenton stands in full vitality June 27, 2015, hours after a...
View ArticleWells-Holmes trial goes to jury
Keith Wells-HolmesA man known on the streets as Blick was having “beef” with some people two days before Trenton graffiti artist Andre Corbett was murdered in January 2013.Blick is actually Isiah...
View ArticleNot guilty verdict delivered in Trenton murder trial for 2013 death
Keith Wells-Holmes embraced his attorney, thanked her for saving his life and promised to attend college moments after a jury acquitted him of gunning down a Trenton man in 2013 in a brazen broad...
View ArticleShaheed Brown rejects plea deal for murder charges, will head to trial
The murder case against a Trenton man accused of fatallyProsecutors say this surveillance photo shows Shaheed Brown (left) and Enrico Smalley Jr. minutes before Smalley was gunned down outside of La...
View ArticleCity man stabbed to death Sunday morning in Trenton
A 33-year-old city man was stabbed to death in the area of St. Joe's and Sherman Avenues early Sunday morning.According to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, Paris...
View ArticleBrown and Dawson each sentenced to 50 years in prison for murder of Tracy Crews
The best man convicted of killing his close friend, a Trenton drug dealer, in a botched home invasion in 2008 maintained his innocence before he was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the slaying, his...
View ArticleJudge raises security questions at status hearing for beating death in Trenton
A status hearing Monday for one of two men accused in the brutal beating death of a Guatemalan immigrant took an unexpected turn when the judge stepped off the bench and summoned one of his sheriff’s...
View ArticleTrenton man indicted in connection with Halloween homicide
Donte JonesA city man accused in connection with a Halloween homicide has been indicted by a grand jury. Donte Jones, 24, is charged with first-degree murder and related weapons offenses in connection...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death inside apartment on Beakes Street
Police are investigating a murder that occurred inside a Donnelly Homes apartment on Beakes Street. July 1, 2015 (Penny Ray - Trentonian)The capital city has now experienced six homicides in five...
View Article