Alleged gang member pleads guilty to second-degree drug charge
Ronald "Double R" Smith, 29, was arrested with Green and 12 others after the state Office of the Attorney General charged the alleged gang members with a slew of offenses including racketeering and...
View ArticleHamilton woman sentenced to four years for shooting death of tenant
Shelley Kraft, 62, previously admitted to killing 29-year-old Christopher Kimble in March 2010. Kimble was found on the bedroom floor in their Julia Avenue home with a bullet wound to the chest....
View ArticleHamilton woman sentenced to four years in prison for shooting death of tenant
Kraft will have to serve 85 percent, or three years and four months, of her sentence before she is eligible for parole. HAMILTON — With tears in her eyes, Shelley Kraft reluctantly put her frail hands...
View ArticleTwo men shot in Trenton within one hour
One man was hit during a drive-by shooting and the other during a robbery, police said. Detective Brian Egan, left, and Sgt. John Breece walked the scene of a shooting on Calhoun Street near Spring...
View ArticleEwing, Trenton residents sentenced for stealing from state Department of...
Dennis Scott, who opened mail containing cash and money orders as part of his job duties, was indicted on the theft charges in July, the Attorney General's Office said. The Mercer County Criminal...
View ArticlePlainsboro police find heroin in car during motor vehicle stop
Jean C. Beaubuy, a 53-year-old Philadelphia resident, was driving south on Route 1 around 1:20 a.m. Dec. 6 when he was pulled over. Plainsboro Township, NJ Google Maps PLAINSBORO — An early-morning...
View ArticleEwing woman accused of killing mother with pickaxe has history of mental...
Regina Wallace, 33, has been charged with murder in the pickaxe killing of her mother, 53-year-old Sharon Wallace in the Ewing home they shared Regina Wallace is charged with killing her mother with...
View ArticleTrenton police director seeks additional State Police help for...
Trenton has seen 24 homicides so far this year, with 12 since Sept. 1, and a police department reduced by layoffs has struggled to maintain order in the city. A New Jersey State Police car sits on...
View ArticleTwo closed Trenton police substations to reopen on Friday
Police Director Ralph Rivera said patrols will begin working out of the two substations, which were built in 2006 but closed in 2010 Two closed police precincts in the East and West wards will reopen...
View ArticleEwing man who stole artifacts from museum during Hurricane Irene is sentenced...
Timothy Davis-Napier, 20, had previously pleaded guilty to a burglary charge, entering into a plea agreement with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. Timothy Davis Napier courtesy photo HOPEWELL...
View ArticleAssailants rob Trenton restaurant at gunpoint
Employees and patrons were inside Sabor Latino on the 200 block of Ashmore Avenue around 10:45 a.m. when two men carrying handguns came inside, Lt. Steve Varn said. A Trenton police car positioned on...
View ArticleEast Windsor man attempts to kidnap ex-girlfriend, leads police on low-speed...
Michael Scholander, 42, waited outside of the Sears at the Freehold Raceway Mall for his ex-girlfriend to get out of work around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night, police said. Scholander continued north on...
View ArticleTrenton woman allegedly stabs boyfriend during domestic dispute
The 61-year-old victim suffered a single stab wound and contusions and scratches to his head and neck, but was expected to survive. File photo of the exterior of Rowan Towers apartments on West State...
View ArticleTwelve arrests made in Trenton by task force
The task force began work at 5 a.m. Tuesday and focused on the North and West Wards of the city, Trenton police spokesman Lt. Steve Varn said. A Trenton police car positioned on Chambers Street at the...
View ArticleShuttered Trenton police substations to reopen to combat escalating city...
Starting Friday, the East and West police substations will be manned and open 24 hours a day, beefing up the police department’s presence in the two wards. In an October 2006 photo, the Trenton Police...
View ArticleSupporters of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack plead guilty following confrontation...
Terrance Bailey and Rodney Washington pleaded guilty to the offenses in Hamilton Municipal Court yesterday, according to their attorney Steve Hallett. Similar charges were dropped against Tony Mack’s...
View ArticleEwing woman allegedly leads Bordentown police on chase, pepper sprays officers
When she was stopped at Hamilton Marketplace, several officers got out of their cars and tried to take Harris into custody, police said. Harris allegedly rolled down her window and used pepper spray...
View ArticleTrenton police director disbands anti-crime unit as substations reopen
Mayor Tony Mack attempted to disband the units shortly after mass police layoffs in late 2011, but Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph Bocchini intervened and the order was reversed. Watch video In a...
View ArticleTrenton fire under investigation as possible arson
Investigators from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Trenton police and the city’s fire marshal were called to the scene at 44 McKinley Ave after tenants told firefighters they believed the fire...
View ArticleTrenton woman injured in hit-and-run accident
TRENTON - City police are searching for the driver of a blue Jeep Cherokee who struck a woman at the intersection of Parkside Avenue and West State Street today. At approximately 6:45 p.m. emergency...
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