One dead in robbery shooting
A city man died after getting shot in the chest early Saturday morning, according to police. The victim, which through various social media outlets, is Ira "ZeiRai" Charles, was walking with another...
View ArticleFull cash bail requirement dropped for suspect in David Lewis slaying
TRENTON – A judge gave a murder suspect a chance at making bail this morning by dropping the full-cash requirement on his $500,000 bail.Kevin Boone Judge Mark Fleming of the Mercer County Superior...
View ArticleStill no decision from Turell Jury
TRENTON – The jury in the Ivelis Turell murder case could not reach a verdict again Monday, despite more than 18 hours of deliberation starting last Wednesday.Ivelis Turell, on trial for allegedly...
View ArticleJury selection starts for ‘Five-star general’ murder trial
TRENTON — Jury selection is underway in the case of the gang “five-star general” charged in the shooting murder of a rival whose hit was ordered on MySpace.Keith Williams Keith Williams, 23 when...
View ArticleTrial begins in Myspace Murder
TRENTON — Arrell Bell, mistakenly suspected as a “snitch” by paranoid fellow gangsters, was executed with bullets to the back of both ears in the Trenton Myspace Murder.Mercer County Medical Examiner...
View ArticleArguments close in ‘Myspace Murder’ case
TRENTON – A jury deliberated only briefly yesterday about the fate of suspected murder plotter Keith Williams, following a day full of summations by the prosecutor and defense lawyer and the...
View ArticleJurors want to hear testimony again in Myspace Murder case
TRENTON – Jurors in the My Space murder case on Tuesday called for read-backs of the testimony of two detectives and again watched some of the four hours of suspect Keith Williams’ talks with...
View ArticleJury finds Williams guilty in Trenton ‘Myspace Murder’
TRENTON – A jury has found Keith Williams guilty in the Myspace murder-conspiracy case, dashing defense hopes for acquittal raised by key juror questions to the judge.Keith Williams Williams, who was...
View ArticleCo-defendant in Myspace Murder gets shot in Trenton
TRENTON — Another of the suspects in the 2008 Myspace Murder was gunned down on a Trenton street, only hours before a jury announced the conviction of his co-defendant, Keith Williams, authorities said...
View ArticleTeen charged in Saturday's homicide
Police have arrested the alleged shooter in the murder of 20-year-old Devahje Bing on Monday.The 15-year-old suspect was arrested at his home without incident on the 100 block of Nassau Street around...
View ArticlePolice investigate city’s 13th murder
TRENTON — Police are investigating its second murder in five days and 13th on the year, police confirmed early Wednesday morning. Police responded to a report of numerous shots fired on the first block...
View ArticlePolice say city's 15th homicide victim was a bystander
The two victims from Sunday's shooting on the 400 block of Stuyvesant Avenue don't appear to be the intended targets of the suspects, according to police. "They were shooting in their direction, but...
View ArticleTrenton teen shot dead on West State Street
A recent Trenton Central High Graduate was shot and killed while attending a party Saturday night.Tierra Green, 19, died after suffering a gunshot wound to the stomach on the 600 block of West State...
View ArticleDriver in Monday's fatal crash charged with homicide
The driver involved in the crash on the 100 block of Pennington Avenue is being held responsible for the death of 22-year-old Jamere Cullers. Darryl Boone, 37, of Trenton, was allegedly drunk behind...
View ArticleMan joins twin brother as murder suspect
A pair on twins now stand accused of murder, with each twin being charged in separate homicides. On Monday, the U.S. Marshals New York New Jersey Regional Task Force arrest Marquis Skillman, 27, in...
View ArticleSecond suspect under arrest in Devahje Bing case
Police have arrested a second man for the murder of Devahje Bing Wednesday afternoon. Kareem McNeil, 22, of Trenton was arrested without incident on the 100 block of Oakland Street by the U.S. Marshals...
View ArticleRayshawn Ransom's Obituary
Published in the June 29 edition of The Trentonian.Rayshawn Michael Ransom departed this life on Thursday, June 13, 2013. He was born to Raymond Sr. and Michelle A. Ransom on September 15, 1993....
View ArticleBurlington City man taken off life support after weekend shooting
A Burlington City man died Sunday afternoon following a shooting early Saturday morning in Chambersburg. Garious Burton, 30, was standing at the intersection of Morris Avenue and Franklin Street when...
View ArticleTrenton murder suspect arrested after standoff in Connecticut
After an hour-long standoff with U.S. Marshalls and the SWAT team in New Haven, Conn., city man Alton Jones is under arrest, according to the U.S. Marshals. Jones, 21, was wanted by Trenton police for...
View ArticleMan dies from gunshot wound to the head eight years later
Trenton’s 21st homicide of 2013 was eight years in the making. On Nov. 13, 2005, Omar Hightower was shot in the head on Walnut Avenue. He survived the with the bullet lodged in his head, which has...
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