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Attorneys for Trenton man convicted in cop son's death ask to toss...
A judge who was “flying blind” in a conspiracy-murder trial crashed the plane, a defense attorney said.And a Trenton man’s right to a fair trial perished when a jury, confused about how to reconcile...
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Admitted killer won't take back guilty plea, to go forward with sentencing
Admitted killer Curtis Grier told a judge Wednesday he will not take back his guilty plea in the slaying of a city man after a “misunderstanding” between the judge and his defense attorney held up...
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Third man arrested for alleged role in Lance Beckett murder
Omar Kennedy (Mugshots.com)A third man has been arrested for his alleged role in the death of a city teen who was shot and stomped in Trenton last month. Omar Kennedy, 34, is charged with murder and...
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Prosecutors: Trenton teen told police botched robbery murder was a 'one-man job'
Just do it – for sport.A Nike sweater-clad city teenager shot a man to death during a “robbery gone bad,” prosecutors said Thursday.Ricardo Montalvan Jr.The teenager’s co-defendant, also charged with...
View ArticleAttorneys for suspected Route 29 killers play blame game
Unfurling their blame-shifting strategy, attorneys for two city men accused of killing another man during a Route 29 drive-by shooting four years ago asked a retired Trenton Police detective about...
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PROSECUTORS: Two men indicted for murder of Elvin Kimble
A Mercer County Grand Jury has returned indictments against two men in the murder of 19-year-old Elvin Kimble. The 19-year-old was gunned down on a city street in November 2015. Elvin KimbleAccording...
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Convicted killer mulls 25 years in another Trenton slaying
A reputed Bloods gangster who is already serving an 18-year sentence for executing an ex-con who was ready to testify against another gangster could spent another quarter century behind bars if he...
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Defense attorneys contend Lawrence man is prosecutors' pet in Route 29 slay
Hours before a city man was gunned down in a cold blood as he drove unsuspectingly along a busy Trenton highway, Jamar Square was putting on a little reggae show for “some females” outside of a...
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Defense attorney to getaway driver: 'You didn't hit the brake'
Getaway driver Anthony Marks said Thursday at the murder trial of two friends that he warned one of the suspected killers not to pull the trigger as they drove down the highway in the capital city four...
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Judge tosses charges against suspected Route 29 killers
Well, they didn’t know the car was stolen.That’s the most that can be said at this point for William “Bill Bill” Mitchell and Andre Romero, the suspected Route 29 killers on trial for allegedly...
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Attorneys for suspected Route 29 killers say 'squealers' are liars
An attorney for one of the Route 29 murder suspects played the old switcheroo in his closing argument to jurors Tuesday, pinning the crime on a man who admitted lifting the car used in the drive-by...
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Prosecutors: Suspect stomped Trenton teen to make sure he was dead
Omar Kennedy is accused of delivering the coupe de grace, if not the kill shot.Afterwards, he was all smiles about it, prosecutors said.Omar Kennedy (Mugshots.com)Kennedy, 34, and two others are...
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Jury acquits one, hangs on other in Route 29 slay case
Andre “Ceto” Romero was a friend of Daquan Dowling, the man shot to death four years ago in a drive-by along a busy capital city highway.As kids, they played at parks together. They went swimming. They...
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Convicted cop son's killer gets 23 years
Luddie Austin thought about tracking down and killing the man who helped kill his son, James, in February 2013.(left to right) Amanda Austin holding Jakalya, one of James Austin's twin daughters, Kim...
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Prosecutors name accused killer charged with shooting Trenton teen
A city teenager accused of killing 16-year-old Ciony Kirkman was quietly waived up as an adult last month to face murder charges in a random killing stemming from an apparent dispute over music...
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Trenton man admits to 2014 slaying in plea deal
A city man who appeared headed for trial has accepted a plea deal that will send him to prison for nearly two decades for killing another city man in 2014.Tomarkus WhitfieldTomarkus Whitfield, 38,...
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Trenton man killed city man in 2014 to save his own skin
Curtis Grier was a God-fearing city man who went to church every Sunday. His parents told a judge they raised him to respect the law and his elders. His father is a retired corrections officer and his...
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Man murdered on Edgewood Avenue
A man was shot and killed on Edgewood Avenue. November 15, 2016 (Penny Ray - Trentonian)The flashing red and blue lights and faint sounds of women sobbing signified that another tragedy had struck the...
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Admitted Trenton killer now says he didn't do it
Grady Blue was done being told to shut up and take the deal.Grady A. Blue IIIIn accepting a plea offer earlier this year, Blue III admitted gunning down 23-year-old Naquan Ellis as he was stood with a...
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Convicted killer apologizes for fatal shooting of disabled man
Jaquan DallasIt was the knock at the door no mother wants to hear.Gloria Burke’s landlord stood outside, accompanied by two detectives.The detectives showed Gloria a picture asked her if she recognized...
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