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Two men arrested in connection with Elvin Kimble homicide
Two men were arrested in the shooting death of Elvin Kimble, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. According to a release, the pair were arrested on Friday morning in connection with the...
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Mother of murdered Trenton man sues Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office
Talaya Greenfield sits before a Trentonian cafeteria table with documents and papers related to her slain son on Nov. 6, 2015 during an interview. (Scott Ketterer - The Trentonian)Talaya Greenfield...
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Trenton men to go on trial for murder of Mercer County corrections officer
Delayed by a month when prosecutors were late in turning over hundreds of pages of discovery, the murder trial of two men suspected of killing a Mercer County corrections officer in 2011 is expected to...
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Trenton’s most interesting murders of 2015
This mural in memory of Unkle Lord, aka Davae Dickson, was painted by Will Kasso of S.A.G.E. Coalition at the corner of Chambers and Locust streets. (contributed photo)The number of people murdered in...
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2015: Trenton’s homicides by the numbers
The numbers in this report are pulled from Homicide Watch Trenton’s database, unless otherwise noted. For more information, use the sorting features of the victims and suspects databases, or explore...
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Hung juries stand out among Mercer County criminal cases in 2015
Mercer County had two hung juries in back-to-back murder trials in two weeks, a vexing problem for prosecutors that legal experts said could point to flaws in the cases, flaws in the way their cases...
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Bloods gang member: Trenton's crime issues linked to poverty
Earlie Harrell, a high-ranking member of the Sex, Money, Murder set of the Bloods street gang, who is also known as Messiah. (Contributed photo)Earlie Harrell, a high-ranking member of the Sex, Money,...
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‘Sea’ of supporters for slain corrections officer questioned for murder trial
A judge expressed reservations Tuesday about a “sea” of uniformed supporters packing the courtroom for the murder trial of two city men accused of fatally shooting a Mercer County corrections officer...
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Man shot and killed Wednesday night
Law enforcement investigate a murder in the 100 block of Walnut Avenue. January 20, 2016. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)Just before police removed the body bag out of a home on Walnut Avenue, law enforcement...
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East Ward Councilwoman on Trenton's gun violence: "There's a better way"
Law enforcement investigate a murder in the 100 block of Walnut Avenue. January 20, 2016. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)Last October, SAGE Coalition aimed to uplift the community and inspire East Ward...
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Murdered Trenton man broke into suspect’s car before being killed: Prosecutors
Jermaine JohnsonOne hour before he was killed in a gun battle on the hardscrabble streets of Trenton, Elvin Kimble and another person burglarized the vehicle of a man who is charged in his murder,...
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Brother of slain Mercer County corrections officer: ‘He’s not gonna live’
Twenty shots, in rapid succession. Like they were fired from a semi-automatic weapon.That’s what 28-year-old Karshawn Batie told a jury he heard.Carl BatieHe testified Wednesday before a packed...
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Trenton man charged in Mercer County corrections officer’s slaying was...
Maurice SkillmanMaurice Skillman was arrested for fighting with another black man outside of Trenton banquet hall on the same day a Mercer County corrections officer was gunned down there while...
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Trenton detective testifies Maurice Skillman fatally shot Mercer County...
TRENTON >> “Tall Guy” and “Varsity Jacket” are names a detective assigned to two men he said are responsible for killing Mercer County corrections officer Carl Batie outside a city banquet hall...
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Trenton murder suspect's interrogation played for jurors, brother of other...
When Hykeem Tucker was told inside an interrogation room at Trenton Police on Jan. 24, 2013 that he was being charged with the murder of Mercer County corrections officer Carl Batie, he repeatedly told...
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DNA evidence discussed at Trenton murder trial for killing of corrections...
A forensic scientist testified Wednesday an individual named Edward Acosta was “the source” of genetic material on a Giants Snapback hat investigators recovered outside of a banquet hall where Mercer...
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TEC-9 guns discussed at Trenton Murder trial
Marquis Skillman knew Hykeem Tucker by the nickname “Tex.” When it is spelled another way, it can refer to a TEC-9 handgun.Hykeem TuckerSo it was peculiar when a firearms expert testified Thursday he...
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Judge keeps murder charges, throws out lesser counts in Batie murder trial
A judge with a history of taking decisions out of jurors’ hands on Friday dismissed two counts of aggravated assault, but left untouched more serious counts of murder brought against two Trenton men...
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Surveillance expert in Trenton murder trial says purported gunfire is a...
An electrical engineer put on the stand by attorneys for two men suspected of killing a Mercer County corrections officer cast doubt on testimony from a detective who said a burst of light captured by...
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Attorneys focus on Trenton detective, but murder trial boils down to tapes
Inspector Clouseau sat in the front row of a Mercer County courtroom, listening as defense attorneys painted him in closing arguments as an incompetent investigator with tunnel vision who fingered two...
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