Murder indictments handed up in Trenton shooting death of mentally ill victim
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman Three men accused of shooting and killing intellectually disabled city resident Rodney Burke during an attempted robbery last year have all been indicted this week on...
View ArticleTrenton man accused of killing barber rejects plea deal
A Trenton man suspected of killing of a city barber in 2013 has rejected prosecutors’ final plea offer and will head to trial.Zaire Smith is the only remaining co-defendant in the murder of 20-year-old...
View ArticleWitness in other high-profile cases will likely get murder trial for his own...
He made a cameo in the murder trial of now-exonerated Keith Wells-Holmes, when he took the stand and invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself.Isiah Greene’s name has consistently...
View ArticlePolice report shows possible drug motive for murder of Andre Corbett
Zihqwan ClemensDetectives who investigated the shooting death of Andre Corbett focused on a dispute, possibly over turf, he may have had with drug dealers working the blocks in and around the...
View ArticleSuspect in 2014 stabbing death offered a plea deal for 30 years
The man accused of fatally stabbing 49-year-old Keisha Alexander last year has been offered a plea deal of 30 years in state prison for murder. Jorge L. Rodriguez, 21, was indicted earlier this year on...
View ArticleProsecutor releases report on 2013 fatal police-involved shooting in Trenton
(Left to Right) Detectives William Miller, Edgar Rios and James Letts received the NJ State PBA's highest honor for their bravery during an August 2013 shootout in Trenton. (Contributed Photo)On the...
View ArticleTrenton man indicted in connection with murder of Patrick Walker
Anthony ConcepcionA city man who allegedly fled to Florida to avoid being arrested for the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Patrick Walker, which occurred outside of La Guira Bar, has been indicted in...
View ArticleMan shot and killed Sunday morning in Trenton
Police investigate a homicide that occurred in an alley in the 100 block of Locust Street. September 13, 2015. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)City rapper Unkle Lord, who was a founding member of Section...
View ArticleTrenton woman dies after being ejected from vehicle, driver charged with...
A makeshift memorial for Tina Anderson, who was killed in a motor vehicle crash, is seen on Walnut Avenue in Trenton. Sept. 24, 2015. (JACKIE SCHEAR— TRENTONIAN)Sharelle and Tina Anderson may have been...
View ArticleTrenton man dies following Sept. 13 street assault
Police said that a 72-year-old man who was assaulted on Sept. 13, has died. According to police James Wells was assaulted in the 100 block of East Hanover Street. Trenton Police Lt. Stephen Varn police...
View ArticleNotorious Trenton man goes on trial for murder
Quaadir GurleyA Trenton man whose name has been linked to numerous murders in Trenton goes on trial this week.Isiah Greene is charged in the slaying of 24-year-old Quaadir “Ace” Gurley, a high-ranking...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals arrest murder suspect in James Wells slaying
Antonio SloanTrenton police Wednesday morning arrested the suspect who allegedly murdered 72-year-old James Wells.U.S. Marshals from the New York/New Jersey Regional Task Force about 8 a.m. Wednesday...
View ArticleJudge reduces bail for Trenton woman charged with sister's vehicular death
Sharelle AndersonSharelle Anderson was allowed to see her deceased sister Thursday morning before being transported to court where a judge reduced her bail, stating that it was excessive considering...
View ArticlePhoto controversy shrouds Trenton man’s gang-related murder trial
TRENTON >> In 1994, Time Magazine faced an onslaught of criticism and accusations of racism when it published a darkened image of O.J. Simpson’s mugshot from the Los Angeles Police Department on...
View ArticleTrenton man says he was high, drunk can’t recall beating city activist to death
A convicted felon released from state prison just four months ago was caught by surveillance cameras brutally beating a 72-year-old Trenton man, prosecutors said. In response, the suspected killer has...
View ArticleShocking allegations, twists not in short supply for Trenton man’s upcoming...
Shaheed Brown’s murder trial is expected to be full of head-spinning moments as his attorney plans to put on a third-party guilt defense implicating a dead man in Enrico Smalley Jr.’s...
View ArticlePrison advocates believe in suspected Trenton killer’s innocence
Prosecutors say this surveillance photo shows Shaheed Brown (left) and Enrico Smalley Jr. minutes before Smalley was gunned down outside of La Guira Bar on July 12, 2014.Shaheed Brown was raised on the...
View ArticleDeliberations continue in Trenton murder trial
Isiah GreeneJurors deliberated for their first full day without arriving at a verdict in the case of a Trenton man accused of killing a high-ranking Bloods gang member in 2013.Isiah Greene sat with his...
View ArticleCircus atmosphere grips opening day of high-profile murder trial
TRENTON >> The opening phase of the Shaheed Brown murder trial played out as if attorneys were filming a sequel to the popular film “My Cousin Vinny.”The movie traced the evolution of a...
View ArticleIs jury hung in Trenton man’s gang-related murder trial?
TRENTON >> “Looking for a hung jury? Call Mark Fury” is probably not a catchphrase the defense attorney would use to attract clients. But it has been Fury’s propensity in gang-related cases in...
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