Trenton homicide victim remembered as hard-working family man
By Ana Ceballos TRENTON -- Rasheen Jones left his home with his cousin Tuesday night for a trip to the local convenience store. The 10-minute walk was one he’d taken many times, but this time, Jones...
View ArticleTrial set for alleged revenge murder in Trenton
TRENTON – A trial date has finally been set in the case of the witness allegedly killed for testifying against a boyfriend, who, officials charge, arranged her retaliation assassination from behind...
View ArticleSuspect in two murders arraigned in municipal court
TRENTON — A man who is accused of murdering two people and had a standoff with Connecticut police was arraigned Thursday morning.Alton JonesAlton Jones, 21, returned to New Jersey from Connecticut on...
View ArticleFour killed in deadly Trenton weekend
The wave of violence plaguing Trenton's streets this summer reached a deadly peak this weekend, with four people killed and others left injured in three separate incidents.Nyquan Owens The killing...
View ArticleWoman struck by SUV during homicide clings to life
The Philadelphia woman who was struck by a wayward Chevy Blazer during a Saturday night shooting that left two dead remains in extremely critical condition, police said on Monday. Carmen Wright, 23,...
View ArticleMurder victim was recently engaged
By SHAHEED M. MORRIS For The Trentonian TRENTON — Nyquan R. Owens proposed to his girlfriend, Shantel Barden, last Tuesday. He left the engagement ring on the dresser for her to wake up and see....
View ArticlePink haired suspect arrested in weekend stabbing
Sporting a pink mohawk and a matching beard, 26-year-old Stanley Miller was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly stabbing a man to death near Trenton Central High School during the weekend. Abraham...
View ArticlePolice investigating homicide on Rosemont Avenue
Trenton police are on the scene of a homicide investigation on the 200 block of Rosemont Avenue. Trentonian reporter Brian Dzenis is reporting from the location. He's reporting the victim, a male, was...
View ArticleCity man found beaten to death in his home
Police are investigating its 28th homicide this year after finding a man beaten to death in his home early Friday morning. Police were sent to the 200 block of Rosemont Avenue around 12:52 a.m. on...
View ArticlePolice investigating city's 30th homicide
By SCOTT KETTERER sketterer@trentonian.com TRENTON — With the city still reeling from a shootout on Hobart Avenue, another city man was killed during an early morning home invasion on Friday. According...
View ArticleDaytime shooting in front of bakery sets new murder record
TRENTON — The city has hit a new all-time low: a new all-time high in murders. The city’s 32nd murder took place in front of the Italian People’s Bakery on the first block of Butler Street Thursday...
View ArticleEwing man indicted in Trenton New Year’s Day murder
An Ewing man allegedly responsible for murdering a Trenton man outside a nightclub on New Year’s Day, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office announced yesterday. DeSean Clark, 32, allegedly cut in line...
View ArticleTrenton man stabbed to death by roommate in South Ward
A whole month without a murder during the capital city’s deadliest year was too good to be true.Early Sunday morning, a 24-year-old Trenton man lost his life after his roommate stabbed him to death on...
View ArticleDice game killer gets 60 years in prison
Patrick McFarlane is going to jail for 60 years.McFarlane was found guilty in July of the robbery-murder of Bordentown family man Rick Mason at a curbside dice game in the North Ward on May 4,...
View Article$1 million bail upheld for fourth suspect in home invasion murder
Anthony Hemingway(Left) and Quosheon Williams (Right)Quosheon Williams, the fourth suspect captured and charged in the Aug. 16 home-invasion murder of Kayron Jones, got no reduction in his $1 million...
View ArticleProsecutors won’t drop Tyreek Anderson’s murder charge
TRENTON — Assistant Mercer County Prosecutor Brian McCauley is sticking to the plan to make sure Tyreek Anderson does 30 years to life if he is convicted of the shooting murder of Deon Harris at a...
View ArticleMan found dead in house on Sanhican Drive, police suspect homicide
A dead man’s body was found Monday afternoon inside an abandonded home on Sanhican Drive, and police believe his death is the result of a homicide.According to law enforcement, around 2:30 p.m. Monday,...
View ArticleSanhican Drive shooting victim identified as Ruhallman Kearney
Police have identified the man found shot and killed Monday inside an abandoned house on Sanhican Drive.Ruhallman Kearney, a 26-year-old Trenton resident, was found inside 16 Sanhican Drive around 2:30...
View ArticleMan found shot and killed in home on Phillips Avenue
A man was found Thursday evening shot and killed inside a residence on Phillips Avenue, making it the second homicide in Trenton this week.According to law enforcement sources, police were dispatched...
View ArticlePhillips Avenue murder victim identified as Devon Hewitt
Police have identified the man found shot and killed Thursday in a home on Phillips Avenue. Around 5 p.m. Thursday, police found 47-year-old Trenton resident Devon Hewitt suffering from a single...
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