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Violent Mercer County inmate gets 25 years for killing cellmate
(Left) Darryl Boone, (Right) Lamar GainesA Trenton man who admitted to killing his cellmate at the Mercer County Correction Center has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison.Lamar Gaines, 22, must...
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Man murdered in Trenton Monday night
Police investigate a murder in Trenton (Penny Ray - Trentonian)Less than 24 hours before residents were expected to swarm the streets for the annual block party to combat crime, a man was murdered in...
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Trenton Police Sgt. Astbury got ‘startled’ upon finding murdered body in trunk
Sgt. Jason Astbury received awards for valor and merit during a May 2010 police ceremony but was shaken eight months later when he discovered the murdered body of Dardar Paye stuffed inside the trunk...
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Man fatally shot while driving in Trenton Thursday night, police investigating
TRENTON >> Mercer County and Trenton Police say that Lewis Young, 30, of Trenton, was murdered while driving in the city Thursday evening.Young was pronounced dead at Capital Health System-Fuld...
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Mercer County grand jury issues two separate murder indictments
Jonathan WeathersA Mercer County grand jury issued two murder indictments last week. Jonathan Weathers, 26, was indicted on charges of murder, robbery and tampering with a witness in connection with...
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Trenton murder victim was arrested this year for money laundering
Daren JosephA Florida man who was arrested on charges related to money laundering earlier this year, was shot and killed while sitting in a car directly across the street from a city hospital Wednesday...
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Jury convicts gunman for murdering U.S. Army vet, stuffing body in car trunk
Danuweli Keller (left) and Mack EdwardsA 12-member jury has unanimously found Danuweli Keller guilty of a 2011 city murder that left the victim’s body stuffed in the trunk of a car.Meanwhile, the jury...
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Trenton man, 19, gunned down in broad daylight on Sanford St.
A murder victim lies in the street on Sanford St in Trenton Friday as police process the scene.John Berry - The TrentonianTRENTON >> With the start of the summer, city kids were riding their...
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Man shot, killed while sitting inside car
A 21-year-old man was shot and killed Friday night while seated inside his vehicle in North Trenton, becoming the city’s 15th homicide victim of 2017.Jerome J. Thomas of the Somerset section of...
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Notorious shooting victim arrested for Trenton murder
Leroy TuttA man who was notoriously shot in the butt earlier this year has been arrested in connection a capital city murder. Leroy Tutt, 30, was arrested Saturday night and charged in connection with...
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Alleged killer Tyleeb Reese gets indicted in connection with deadly 35-hour...
Alleged killer Tyleeb Reese, who commanded international attention earlier this year during a 35-hour deadly standoff with police, has been indicted on heavy criminal charges.Tyleeb ReeseA Mercer...
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Self-confessed Trenton killer gets 17 for slaying Zaire Gibbs
A cold-blooded killer is going to state prison.Seth Z. BowersSeth Bowers, 22, of Trenton, has been sentenced to 17 years of incarceration for shooting and killing 25-year-old Zaire Gibbs in the capital...
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Judge grants witness protection order as state seeks to keep alleged Trenton...
As the state builds a murder case against Leroy Tutt, a judge on Tuesday granted a motion that will prevent the defendant from seeing all evidence or knowing what witnesses police have relied upon to...
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Alleged Trenton killer implicated by 2 witnesses, cellphone data
Alleged gunman Leroy Tutt maintains his innocence, but two cooperating witnesses and cellphone tower data have implicated him in the June 30 murder of 19-year-old Nebate Anderson.Leroy TuttTutt, 30, of...
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Trenton man gets 50 years for murder, another gets 15 for deadly attack
Recent court sentencings in Trenton show that trial-by-jury convictions generally lead to significantly more prison time than negotiating a guilty plea.Dante Alexander, 33, of Trenton, this week...
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Gunman gets 61 years in prison for murdering U.S. Army vet Dardar Paye
Danuweli KellerThe triggerman who shot and killed U.S. Army veteran Dardar Paye execution style and who then ordered the victim’s body to be stuffed in the trunk of a car has been sentenced to six...
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Gunman who killed Taquan McNeil gets 5 years
Naquan GreenA self-confessed killer will serve only a few years behind bars for shooting and killing 25-year-old Taquan McNeil in 2015.Naquan Green, 29, of Trenton, was sentenced to five years of...
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Prosecutors dismiss murder charges in 2013 Chambersburg slaying
City gunman Masiyah “Chicken” Howard has beaten murder charges through attrition after being prosecuted for years as an alleged killer.Masiyah HowardHoward was accused of shooting and killing...
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Juvenile charged with hit-and-run vehicular homicide of Lea Pringle, 39
A 17-year-old unlicensed driver has been arrested in connection with the March 7 hit-and-run homicide of 39-year-old Lea Pringle.Lea Pringle (Facebook photo)The teenage city girl was charged Thursday...
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Three shot, two killed in Trenton overnight
Shawn “Squirm” HarrellWild shootings in a South Trenton neighborhood left two people dead, including a father of eight who was gunned down early Saturday, according to relatives at the crime...
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