Tyruice Boyer, 24, also was charged with possession of hollow-point bullets on March 27, when police found the guns in the red Nissan Sentra in which Boyer was sitting.
Tyruice Boyer TRENTON — A city man who was charged last week with unlawful possession of a 9mm handgun may face mandatory prison time because of his prior convictions, prosecutors said today.
Tyruice Boyer, 24, also was charged with possession of hollow-point bullets on March 27, when police found the guns in the red Nissan Sentra in which Boyer was sitting with his brother, Abdul Frazier.
The search was conducted as part of the state police’s Targeted Integrated Deployment Initiative, a violence-reduction program that began in August.
Police initially recognized Frazier, 20, who had several outstanding warrants at the time and who, state police have said, is connected to the Bloods gang. But Boyer’s criminal history may land him in prison for up to five years, Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Borgos said.
In 2010, Boyer pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a large heroin dealing ring in Trenton, which was responsible for moving between 300 to 500 bricks of the drug every week, others involved in the case said. That charge could potentially trigger the prison time, as it would make Boyer a “person who shouldn’t be possession of firearms,” Borgos said.
Still, Mercer County Superior Court Judge Thomas Sumners cut Boyer’s bail in half, to $50,000 with a 10 percent option.
He said it was not clear in the report how the police found the gun in the car that was connected to Boyer, who may also have affiliations with the Bloods, state police have said.
Frazier, who Mercer County public defender Samuel Goldberg said was Boyer’s brother, was paralyzed after being shot at multiple times during an incident in early 2013 that remains unsolved. Two others were struck with bullets in that shooting, which took place in a parking lot across from a South Broad Street nightclub.
Frazier was also shot in March 2012, in the same area of the city where his brother Quaadir “Ace” Gurley had been shot several days before. Gurley was shot and killed that July during a shooting at a North Ward housing complex, and Trenton resident Isiah Greene was arrested in that incident late last year.
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