Danielle Schrenk died yesterday morning at a Trenton hospital, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed yesterday.

Rosedale Avenue in Ewing between Morse Avenue (background) and Parkside Avenue (not visible, behind camera) where officials say 21-year-old Danielle Schrenk was fatally shot early the morning of Feb. 3, 2013 Alex Zdan/The Times  

EWING — A 21-year-old Hamilton woman is dead following a shooting that happened early Sunday as she sat in her parked car on a Ewing street, officials said.

Danielle Schrenk died yesterday morning at a Trenton hospital, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed yesterday. Her killer remained at large last night, with little information released on a possible motive for the crime.

“At this point, all motives are being investigated,” said Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office.

Schrenk was sitting inside her Honda Accord with several other people on Rosedale Avenue between Morse Avenue and Parkside Avenue early Sunday, the prosecutor’s office said. Around 12:15 a.m. a gunman outside the vehicle opened fire, striking Schrenk but leaving the others in the car uninjured.

Schrenk was rushed to Capital Health Regional Medical Center for treatment. She died there late yesterday morning.

James Harvin lives up the street from where the fatal shooting happened. Early Sunday, he heard two loud gunshots half a second apart at the time of the shooting, he said. He and his wife immediately turned off the lights in their home and hit the floor.

Other residents of the neighborhood said they knew nothing about what happened to Schrenk beyond gossip there had been a shooting on Rosedale. They did not know Schrenk and said they had not seen her or her car in the area before.

Schrenk’s car was secured by police, who yesterday were obtaining a search warrant to go through the vehicle for any evidence that could help solve her killing, DeBlasio said. Authorities had no description of the gunman.

The killing was Ewing’s first homicide of 2013, and the third in five months. Ewing experienced two homicides each year in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Township police were tight-lipped about the investigation into Sunday’s homicide, but said there is no indication it was connected to a possible shooting spurred by a domestic dispute Friday night, or another shooting from last month on nearby Dryden Avenue.

Ewing Detective Pat Holt and Mercer County Prosecutor’s Detective Tony Abarno are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call Holt at (609) 882-1313 ext. 5571, or the Ewing police confidential tip line at (609) 882-7530.

Contact Alex Zdan at azdan@njtimes.com or (609) 989-5705.

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Nyondah L. Blay, 38, was arrested with Carl Jenkins, 35, of Philadelphia, on Friday and charged with conspiracy, theft and forgery.

Nyondah L. Blay of Trenton, left, and Carl Jenkins of Philadelphia NJ Attorney General  

TRENTON — A Trenton man is being held in Camden County jail after he was arrested for his role in a “black money” scam, the attorney general's office said today.

Nyondah L. Blay, 38, was arrested with Carl Jenkins, 35, of Philadelphia, on Friday and charged with conspiracy, theft and forgery. He is being held on $150,000 bail.

The men allegedly asked victims to give them money with the promise that they would receive that amount and more in return.

Blay and Jenkins allegedly told the victims that they had hundreds of thousands of dollars that had been dyed black so that they could smuggle the cash out of Liberia.

The victims were asked to give the men money so that they could purchase expensive chemicals needed to extract the dye from the bills, officials said. The victims were allegedly told they would then be repayed several times the amount they fronted after the process was completed.

“These defendants allegedly preyed upon unsuspecting victims, portraying themselves as refugees who, because of their circumstances, were prepared to offer a deal too good to pass up,” Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa said in a news release.

The attorney general's office and the FBI investigated, and Blay and Jenkins were arrested in Cherry Hill on Friday after they allegedly took several thousand dollars from a victim.

Judge Thomas A. Brown Jr. set bail for both at $150,000 at a hearing in Superior Court in Camden County yesterday.

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Computers and printers along with "gambling receipts and records" were confiscated from the Caribbean Fried Chicken Convenience Deli in Hamilton and a home in Trenton, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said.

Miguel Azcona, left, and Yinett Dominguez Mercer Co. Prosecutor  

HAMILTON — County detectives on Monday busted a gambling ring that was operating out of a Caribbean deli run by a Trenton man, officials said today.

Detectives from the county’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) began the investigation about a month ago, but raided the Caribbean Fried Chicken Convenience Deli yesterday because they expected gambling activity to be heavier from Super Bowl Sunday, SIU commander Lt. Mike Novembre said.

Proprietor Miguel Azcona, 45, was arrested at the store on the 1700 block of East State Street Monday morning and charged with maintaining a gambling resort and possession of gambling records.

Detectives with search warrants found over $3,600 in cash along with a laptop computer attached to a receipt printer for issuing gambling slips, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said.

A fully loaded 9 mm handgun was found on Azcona’s person along with “numerous gambling slips and records,” the prosecutor’s office said. A loaded .38-caliber revolver was found at the store, along with a camera system and monitor, and thousands of bags used to package drugs, the prosecutor said.

The investigation began after township residents complained about alleged gambling activity at the store. They told township officials, who relayed the complaints to the prosecutor's office.

Authorities yesterday also raided Azcona’s home on Centre Street and found betting receipts and computers, more receipts and two receipt printers in the living room, along with $2,000 inside a jacket in the bedroom, the prosecutor said.

Detectives found identification for Yinett Dominguez, 28, who rents a room from Azcona, and she was detained on North Olden Avenue in Trenton. She too was charged with maintaining a gambling resort and possession of gambling records.

Azcona faces additional charges of possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute. He and Dominguez were released on summonses pending court dates.

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A lawyer for Dorian Fleming said co-defendant Eric Hicks wrote a letter saying Fleming had nothing to do with the handgun or ammunition found in his home.

The Mercer County Criminal Courthouse in Trenton. Michael Mancuso/The Times  

TRENTON — An attorney representing a Trenton man who was charged after a gun was found in his refrigerator said his client will be exonerated by his co-defendant.

At a bail hearing this morning in Superior Court, attorney Michael Amantia said Dorian Fleming, 26, has received a signed letter from his co-defendant Eric Hicks saying that Fleming had nothing to do with the handgun or high-capacity magazine that was found in his home.

“I can’t let Dorian sit in jail for something he did not do,” said Amantia, reading aloud from Hick’s statement

Hicks and Fleming were arrested last week after the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Special Investigations Unit raided the house. Fleming was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and possession of a high-capacity magazine.

Because Fleming was convicted of burglary in 2006 he is not allowed to have a gun.

Judge Thomas Sumners lowered Fleming’s bail from $150,000 to $100,000 and said the prosecutor’s office would have to examine the statement given by Hicks before dropping any charges.

In addition to the weapon, the search of the home on the 500 block of Genesee Street also yielded 20 bags of marijuana that were found in the basement.

Hicks, 29, of Philadelphia, is charged with drug offenses and possession of a firearm while committing a narcotics offense. He is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.

A bail hearing for Hicks had been scheduled for today but was rescheduled for a later date.

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No weapon was shown during the robbery at the Sovereign Bank on East State Street, police said.

A file photo of a Trenton police car positioned on Chambers Street at the intersection of Greenwood Ave. Michael Mancuso/The Times  

TRENTON — City police and the FBI are searching for a man who made off with cash after robbing the Sovereign Bank branch on East State Street this morning.

No weapon was shown during the robbery, but the suspect threatened violence in a note he passed to the bank teller, Lt. Steve Varn said. No injuries were reported.

The robbery happened at about 10:30 a.m. on the 1200 block of East State Street.

“The suspect walked in, passed a note to the teller demanding money,” Varn said.

After the teller put cash into a plastic bag the man was carrying, he walked out of the bank and was last seen walking down South Olden Avenue and out of sight, police said.

The suspect is described as a black male, 5 foot 10 to 5 foot 11 inches tall, of medium build, with a mustache and two small Band-Aids on his face. He was wearing a dark-colored skull cap, gloves and a dark-colored jacket.

Police did not release the amount stolen.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call police (609) 989-4170 or the Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.

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The teen was at Rivera Learning Community, an alternative city middle school, just after 8:30 a.m. Jan. 28 when she began arguing with another school employee.

A Trenton police car positioned on Chambers Street at the intersection of Greenwood Ave. Michael Mancuso / The Times of Trenton  

TRENTON — A 14-year-old female student who allegedly punched a 44-year-old woman who works at her school was taken into custody by police last week.

The teen was at Rivera Learning Community, an alternative city middle school, just after 8:30 a.m. Jan. 28 when she began arguing with another school employee.

“The victim stepped in between the two people who were arguing, and she was struck,” Lt. Steve Varn said.

Police allege the 14-year-old belted the 44-year-old in the face with her fist.

Officers were called out, and arrived to find the teen being held by school staff. She was issued a juvenile petition for aggravated assault upon a school member and taken to the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center.

Police declined to identify the school employee who was hit.

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Keyon Powell, 21, shot into the car after the occupants tried to steal marijuana from him, officials said.

Keyon Powell Mercer Co. Prosecutor  

TRENTON — A drug dealer fatally shot a Hamilton woman Sunday after a group of people she was with tried to rob the dealer of marijuana he had tried to sell them, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said today.

Keyon Powell, 21, of Trenton was arrested last night and charged with the murder of 21-year-old Danielle Schrenk.

Powell had been in the car and had negotiated a sale with the occupants before they took the marijuana and ordered him out, the prosecutor’s office said.

Once he was out, Powell allegedly pulled a handgun from his waistband and fired one shot, striking the pavement as the car Schrenk and the others were in drove away. Powell fired again and hit Schrenk in the back, the prosecutor’s office said.

Powell was taken into custody last night on the 1200 block of Calhoun Street in Trenton by local law enforcement and the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force.

He is charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon and is being held on $1 million bail.

The case is being investigated by Ewing Detective Pat Holt and Mercer County Prosecutor’s Detective Tony Abarno. Anyone with information is asked to contact Holt at (609) 882-1313 ext. 5571.

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Patrolman Kevin Schroeck was called out to Quail Ridge Drive on Jan. 27 just before 3 a.m. after the disturbance had been reported to township police.

Patrolman Kevin Schroeck was called out to Quail Ridge Drive on Jan. 27 just before 3 a.m. after the disturbance had been reported to township police. Google Maps  

PLAINSBORO — A township resident was arrested after police found marijuana and an assault weapon while responding to a disturbance at an apartment last month, authorities said.

Patrolman Kevin Schroeck was called out to Quail Ridge Drive on Jan. 27 just before 3 a.m. after the disturbance had been reported to township police. While Schroeck and other officers were inside the apartment, they could allegedly see marijuana in plain view.

They arrested a Quail Ridge Drive resident, 32-year-old Charles Bryant Jr., and conducted a more extensive search of the apartment. Inside, police said they found “a large amount of marijuana,” drug paraphernalia and an Intratec Luger Model Tec-9 assault weapon.

Bryant was charged with distribution of marijuana, possession of marijuana, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Two employees but no patrons were inside Adames Barbershop on the 900 block of Hamilton Avenue around 5:45 p.m. when the four men, two of them armed, entered.

A Trenton police car positioned on Chambers Street at the intersection of Greenwood Ave. Michael Mancuso / The Times of Trenton  

TRENTON — City police are seeking a group of four men who allegedly held up a barbershop on Hamilton Avenue at gunpoint late Tuesday afternoon.

Two employees but no patrons were inside Adames Barbershop on the 900 block of Hamilton Avenue around 5:45 p.m. when the four men, two of them armed, entered. They demanded money from one of the workers, and the man turned over his wallet. The other victim was ordered to open the cash register, Lt. Steve Varn said.

After the suspects emptied the register, they allegedly hit one of the victims in the head and took a laptop computer from the shop. All four suspects then fled on foot.

The employee who was struck on the head did not seek any medical treatment.

Full descriptions were not available for all the suspects, but one was described as a black male with a gap in his teeth, light complexion, wearing a gray hoodie. No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information on the crime should call police at (609) 989-4170, or the Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.

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The officers were dispatched to East Greenway Walkway off North Willow Street shortly after 2 p.m., and arrived to find the rear door of a home broken open.

A Trenton police car positioned on Chambers Street at the intersection of Greenwood Ave. Michael Mancuso / The Times of Trenton  

TRENTON — Police officers sent to a burglary in progress call Tuesday afternoon chased down and arrested a city man who had allegedly stolen jewelry from a home.

The officers were dispatched to East Greenway Walkway off North Willow Street shortly after 2 p.m., and arrived to find the rear door of a home broken open.

“Apparently, the suspect was still in the residence, ran out the front, and after a short foot chase was taken into custody,” Lt. Steve Varn said.

DeWayne Burke, 42, was arrested after he was found with jewelry from the home on his person. He was charged with burglary and theft.

Police said the officers involved in the chase were Sgt. John Breece, Sgt. Darren Zappley, Officer Russ Derricott, Officer Nelson Cartagena, Officer Samuel Gonzales, Officer John Delli, and Officer Johnny Coe.

Burke’s bike was taken along with him during the transport to lockup at police headquarters.

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The Hamilton police blotter for Jan. 29- Feb. 5

FILE PHOTO: A Hamilton police officer walks to his car from the Police Station located on Whitehorse Mercerville Road. Times File Photo  

Jan. 29
Criminal Mischief ­—­ Rock Royal Road
Criminal Mischief — Fenway Road
Theft Evans Avenue
Theft — 1380 S. Olden Ave.
Burglary 1100 block Sierra Dr.
Shoplifter — 2130 S. Broad St.
Shoplifter 700 Marketplace Blvd. - Arrested Dennis J. Jenkins.

Jan. 30
Criminal Mischief — Imperial Drive
Theft — 2430 S. Broad St.
Theft — Alton Road
Theft — 1600 block Klockner Rd.
Theft — 1660 Whitehorse/Hamilton Square Rd.
Theft — Miles Avenue
Burglary/Auto — Ellwood Street
Burglary — 200 block Emanuel St.
Burglary — 100 block New Cedar Lane
Burglary — 200 block Hollywood Dr.
Shoplifter — 700 Marketplace Blvd.

Jan. 31
Theft/Auto — 100 block Wert Ave.
Theft 1600 Whitehorse/Hamilton Square Rd.
Theft — 1070 Whitehorse/Mercerville Rd.
Theft — 780 Route 130
Theft — 1685 Nottingham Way
Theft — 3217 Quakerbridge Rd.
Burglary/Auto — 200 block Wilford Ave.
Burglary — 100 block Francis Ave.
Shoplifter — 740 Route 130 Arrested Joseph F. Bak Jr.

Feb. 1
Criminal Mischief — 500 block Arena Dr.
Theft — Zachary Lane
Theft — Adella Avenue
Theft — 1600 block E. State St.
Attempt Auto Theft — Hobart and Davis avenues
Attempt Auto Theft — Chewalla Blvd.
Burglary — 1864 S. Broad St.
Burglary — Jencohallo Avenue
Shoplifter — 4400 S. Broad St. - Arrested Charles A. Long.
Shoplifter — 700 Marketplace Blvd.
Shoplifter — 1061 Whitehorse/Mercerville Rd.

Feb. 2
Criminal Mischief — E. State Ext St/I 295 Hwy
Criminal Mischief — Bucknell Avenue
Graffiti — 1 Bradford Ave.
Graffiti — 1965 S. Broad St.
Theft/Auto 1400 block Genesee St.
Theft — Nottingham Way/Rosalia Avenue
Theft — 670 Route 33
Theft — 1700 block S. Olden Ave.
Burglary/Auto —135 Johnston Ave.
Burglary/Auto — 200 Parkinson Ave.
Burglary/Auto Robin Drive
Burglary — 1600 Richmond Ave.
Burglary — Anita Way
Robbery 2101 S. Broad St.
Shoplifter — 2130 S. Broad St.

Feb. 3
Burglary — Colts Neck Terrace
Burglary— 100 block Beal St.
Burglary —900 block S. Olden Ave.
Shoplifter — 1061 Whitehorse/Merc. Rd. - Arrested Zaide L. Dorta.

Feb. 4
Theft — 800 Sloan Ave.
Burglary/Auto — 100 block Johnston Ave.

Feb. 5
Criminal Mischief — Macon Drive
Criminal Mischief — 2300 block Hamilton Ave
Theft/Auto — 1164 Route 33
Theft — 100 block Morton Ave.
Burglary — 200 block Bunting Ave
Burglary — Magnolia Lane
Burglary — Zieglers Lane
Burglary — Sayen Drive
Shoplifter — 460 Marketplace Blvd. - Arrested Donald Walker.

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There was no immediate word whether the gun thrown was believed to be the missing service weapon lost by Officer Richard Takach last month.

Trenton Firefighter Ron Ettenger (right) used a metal detector to search the Delaware & Raritan Canal for a handgun this afternoon. Alex Zdan /The Times  

TRENTON — Police and firefighters combed the Delaware & Raritan Canal this afternoon, searching for a handgun that may have been thrown into the waterway during a foot chase, fire officials said.

No weapon was found, despite a half-hour search by firefighters who used a metal detector along several hundred yards of canal bed, churning up leaves and muck from the bottom and going through the material to see if the gun was being held underneath.

Firefighters, including the marine unit, were called out to assist the police after a foot chase near the spot where the canal goes under Prospect Street, Battalion Chief Frank Fanning said.

Two officers had been chasing a man, who ran next to the canal at around 12:30 p.m. and made a throwing motion with his hand, Fanning said. No arrests were reported.

The canal runs next to the west district police precinct, where a service weapon lost last month by Officer Richard Takach was last seen. There was no immediate word on whether police believed the gun thought to be in the canal was Takach's.

Trenton Policemen’s Benevolent Association local has offered a $1,000 reward for the gun’s safe return.

Anyone with information on the gun crime is asked to call police at (609) 989-4170 or the Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.

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TRENTON — A city man who was arrested after allegedly threatening a police officer the night a Mercer County Corrections officer was killed at a Chambersburg nightclub led officers on a foot chase along the Delaware & Raritan Canal Thursday, dropping three bricks of heroin, police said. Shaquel Rock, 19, was arrested following the pursuit, which began when Officers...

Trenton firefighters use a metal detector to comb the Delaware & Raritan Canal for a handgun Thursday afternoon. Alex Zdan /The Times  

TRENTON — A city man who was arrested after allegedly threatening a police officer the night a Mercer County Corrections officer was killed at a Chambersburg nightclub led officers on a foot chase along the Delaware & Raritan Canal Thursday, dropping three bricks of heroin, police said.

Shaquel Rock, 19, was arrested following the pursuit, which began when Officers Travis Maxwell and John Sangillo noticed a car with tinted windows driving on Bellevue Avenue around noon, Lt. Tom Murphy said.

As the officers turned their vehicle around to pull the car over, its driver allegedly took off onto Calhoun Street and pulled over. There, Rock got out of the car and walked toward the canal path as the car sped away, Murphy said.

When the officers began to follow, Rock fled down the canal path, tossing out several objects as he ran. Officers eventually arrested him on Bellevue Avenue after Rock hopped a fence, police said.

Sangillo went back to the spot where Rock had tossed the objects and picked up three packages. Inside were 50 packets apiece of heroin, Murphy said.

The car with tinted windows was not tracked down.

Rock was charged with drug possession, eluding, obstructing the administration of law, and one outstanding warrant. In November, Rock allegedly threatened an off-duty police officer providing security at the Baldassari Regency in Trenton on the same night Mercer County Corrections Officer Carl Batie was shot dead there. Rock was arrested on terroristic threats charges within a day.

Despite recovering the drugs, police and firefighters combed the canal in the early afternoon Thursday searching for a handgun that might have been thrown following the foot chase, Battalion Chief Frank Fanning said at the scene.

No weapon was found, despite close to half an hour of firefighters using a metal detector along several hundred yards of canal bed, churning up leaves and muck from the bottom and going through them by hand to see if the gun was underneath.

Anyone with information on the gun crime should call police at (609) 989-4170, or the Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.

Attorneys were in the midst of jury selection on Tuesday when the proceedings were halted so that an appellate court judge could decide whether to postpone the trial so Turrell, 34, could get a different attorney.

Exterior view of the new Mercer County Criminal Courthouse in Trenton on South Warren St, in Trenton, New Jersey. Michael Mancuso/The Times  

TRENTON — Jury selection will resume tomorrow in the murder trial of Ivelis Turell, who claims that she shot and killed her live-in boyfriend, Michael Whitaker, 35, in self defense in 2007.

Attorneys were in the midst of jury selection on Tuesday when the proceedings were halted so that an appellate court judge could decide whether to postpone the trial so Turrell, 34, could get a different attorney.

However, the appellate judge ruled that Superior Court Judge Pedro Jiminez had been “more than indulgent” in granting numerous adjournments in the past, and Turrell’s latest application for a postponement was denied.

Turell, the mother of two young children, is facing between 30 years and life in prison if convicted. She will be represented by Steven Slavin in the trial. Turell remains free on $250,000 pending the conclusion of the trial.

Whitaker was shot on April 30, 2007 in the Ferry Street home where he lived with Turell. He suffered a chest wound and died in a hospital several hours later.

An attorney who represented Turell previously said she was a battered and abused woman who was acting in self defense when she killed Whitaker.

On the night of the shooting, Whitaker and Turell got into an fight just before 11 p.m.

Although she shot Whitaker, Turell received a bullet wound in the left shoulder, for which she underwent surgery.

Contact Jenna Pizzi at jpizzi@njtimes.com or (609) 989-5717.

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Denzel Wiggins, 21, allegedly walked into the bank on East State Street Tuesday morning and passed a note that threatened violence if he did not get money, Lt. Steve Varn said.

A Trenton police car positioned on Chambers Street at the intersection of Greenwood Ave. Michael Mancuso / The Times of Trenton  

TRENTON — A Trenton man wanted for the robbery of a Sovereign Bank branch in the city Tuesday was arrested by federal fugitive hunters yesterday afternoon, police said.

Denzel Wiggins, 21, allegedly walked into the bank on East State Street Tuesday morning and passed a note that threatened violence if he did not get money, Lt. Steve Varn said.

A teller put cash in a plastic bag Wiggins was allegedly carrying, and Wiggins took the bag and walked out.

Police reviewed video from inside the bank, and detectives identified Wiggins as their suspect. Warrants were then issued for his arrest.

Detectives from the U.S. Marshals N.Y./N.J. Regional Fugitive Task Force found Wiggins outside a building on the first block of Montgomery Street around 1:30 p.m. He did not try to flee, and was arrested without resistance, Varn said.

Wiggins was charged with robbery and terroristic threats by the Trenton officers. Federal charges for the bank robbery could be possible. He was being held in Trenton police lockup last night on $100,000 cash or bond, police said.

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Jermel Brown, 35, of Camden, was a senior officer with the state Department of Corrections and used his position to smuggle two mobile telephones and two music players to a prisoner, who was secretly cooperating with authorities.

File photo of a cell phone hidden in a book at a N.J. Department of Corrections facility. file photo  

BORDENTOWN — A former state corrections officer was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for smuggling contraband to a prisoner at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in exchange for $12,000 in cash, officials said.

Jermel Brown, 35, of Camden, was a senior officer with the state Department of Corrections and used his position to smuggle two mobile telephones and two music players to a prisoner, who was secretly cooperating with authorities.

Brown allegedly obtained the items and the cash outside the prison from another person who was also cooperating with authorities.

Brown was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, 500 hours of community service and a fine of $1,000.

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Amanda Warshefski, 25, was arrested outside the county administration building on South Broad Street as she walked out of work around noon Thursday

Amanda Warshefski. Mercer County Prosecutor's Office  

TRENTON – A Ewing woman working for the county Treasurer’s Office was arrested Thursday and charged with stealing more than $1,000 in just over two months while on the job, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said..

Amanda Warshefski, 25, was arrested outside the county administration building on South Broad Street as she walked out of work around noon Thursday, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office said. She was charged with one count of theft and later released on a summons.

A spokesman for Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes said the theft was discovered internally and passed along to law enforcement.

“In early January, the county treasurer was alerted to a discrepancy in a deposit bag,” Mercer County spokesman Michael Boonin said. “The prosecutor’s office was notified immediately.”

Between Dec. 30 of last year and the day of her arrest, Warshefski allegedly stole more than $1,000 cash that was entrusted to the Treasurer’s office.

Boonin said Warshefski is suspended without pay from her job as a senior payroll clerk in the finance office. She has worked for Mercer County for four years, he said.

Her third-degree theft charges carries the possibility of up to five years in state prison and a $15,000 fine, the prosecutor’s office said.

Warshefski could not be reached for comment.

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The cook and a female store clerk were at the Rodriguez Deli on the first block of Cleveland Avenue around 3:50 p.m. when three men wearing dark masks charged in.

Police investigate the first block of Cleveland Avenue in Trenton after a man was shot during a robbery. Christina Izzo/The Times  

TRENTON - A cook at a Wilbur section deli was shot during a robbery this afternoon, police said.

The cook and a female store clerk were at the Rodriguez Deli on the first block of Cleveland Avenue around 3:50 p.m. when three men wearing dark masks charged in.

“One of the males grabbed the female by the hair,” acting Lt. Anthony Pasqua said.

The armed men grabbed an undisclosed amount of cash from the deli’s register before shots were fired.

“The cook attempted to flee and was shot in the right hamstring,” Pasqua said.

Before police arrived, the suspects had fled. Full descriptions were not available.

The cook was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for his injury and later released. Police have the robbery under investigation.

Anyone with information on the case can call police at (609) 989-4170, or the Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.

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The 17-year-old claimed to have nothing of value, prompting the 15-year-old alleged robber to lift up his shirt to reveal a gun, police said.

A Trenton police car positioned on Chambers Street at the intersection of Greenwood Ave. Michael Mancuso / The Times of Trenton  

TRENTON — A 15-year-old city boy with a gun robbed two people Thursday afternoon and has been arrested, police said.

The teen allegedly targeted a 17-year-old city boy who was walking with an unidentified male on the 200 block of Perry Street around 3:30 p.m. The 15-year-old came up to the two saying they should give him whatever they had in their pockets, Lt. Steve Varn said.

The 17-year-old claimed to have nothing of value, prompting the 15-year-old alleged robber to lift up his shirt to reveal a gun, police said. The armed teen then took a cell phone from the 17-year-old, and went through the pockets of his companion and found nothing. The alleged robber then fled.

Police interviewed the 17-year-old after he reported the crime, but the male he was walking with was not with him during the interview at police headquarters.

Detectives developed a suspect ID, and took the 15-year-old into custody yesterday morning, Varn said. They then issued juvenile petitions against him for robbery and weapons offenses.

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