Convicted Trenton Mayor Tony Mack loses police driver
Mack's driver, a city detective, was reassigned to patrol effective today. TRENTON – Embattled Mayor Tony Mack will need to drive himself around from now on. City police said today that Mack’s police...
View ArticleThree arrested after drugs, cash, handgun seized from Trenton home, police said
A search of the residence revealed a fully loaded .380-caliber handgun and 40 grams of marijuana packaged for sale in the kitchen, police said. A search of the rear bedroom revealed eight decks of...
View ArticleConvicted Trenton Mayor Tony Mack's lawyer blasts jury verdict
Mack's attorney blasted the jury decision that found his client guilty of corruption as the legal process to oust Mack from office showed no progress four days after his conviction. By Jenna Pizzi and...
View ArticlePrinceton police seek public's help in identifying alleged CVS shoplifter
The incident occurred between 2:54 p.m. and 3:04 p.m. on Jan. 30. PRINCETON— Princeton police are seeking the public’s help in identifying an alleged shoplifter who took $123 worth of personal hygiene...
View ArticleCourt gives convicted Trenton Mayor Tony Mack two weeks to fight removal
A Superior Court judge set a hearing for Mack to fight his likely removal from office for Feb. 26. The mayor's federal conviction means he is in violation of state law. TRENTON - Mayor Tony Mack, who...
View ArticleTrenton Mayor Tony Mack gets chance to fight effort to oust him
Convicted Mayor Tony Mack can remain in office at least two more weeks after he was given the chance yesterday to fight a state attorney general’s effort to remove him. By Alex Zdan and Jenna Pizzi...
View ArticleTrenton police investigate shooting that leaves city man shot in neck
The victim was walking out of a store at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and Monmouth Street at 4:10 p.m. when he heard gunshots. TRENTON -- Police today are investigation a shooting that left a...
View ArticleTrenton man shot multiple times outside his apartment building, authorities say
The 34-year-old man was in critical condition but expected to survive his injuries. TRENTON - The county's homicide task force is investigating the shooting of a city man shot multiple times early...
View ArticleTrenton man says he was sleeping when shot, police say
The city man shot in the leg inside a Wilbur section home during Thursday’s snowstorm told police he was sleeping in his bed when a man appeared and shot him. TRENTON — The city man shot in the leg...
View ArticleTrenton man dead following street beating, police say
Three men accosted the 18-year-old victim on Rusling Street Saturday night, police said. TRENTON - An 18-year-old city man, in the U.S. for just one month from his native Guatemala, died following a...
View ArticleTrenton Mayor Tony Mack may not be leaving office anytime soon
Not since Milton Milan in Camden in December 2000 have state prosecutors needed to force a mayor from office. By Alex Zdan and Jenna Pizzi TRENTON — Mayor Tony Mack has remained in office for nine...
View ArticlePolice identify Trenton homicide victim pronounced dead after street beating,...
The man was returning to his relative’s home last night with a bag of groceries when two male assailants approached him in an apparent robbery attempt, officials said. TRENTON — An 18-year-old city...
View ArticleEast Windsor man stabbed in face remains in stable condition, officials said
Police responded at about 2:51 a.m. to a reported dispute between two men. Upon arrival, Omar Gonzalez was allegedly found bleeding from facial lacerations, police said. Police vehicles at East...
View ArticleEwing man accused of shooting two people before being shot by Trenton police...
Miller and another man, Edward Acosta, allegedly shot two men on Montgomery Street near Perry Street on May 2 just before 8 p.m. A 33-year-old Ewing man pleaded not guilty today to charges that he...
View ArticleWanted man arrested in Hamilton after assaulting officer, foot chase
Jerome Friedman Jr. was apprehended on the 2300 block of Whitehorse-Hamilton Square Road about 11:25 a.m. HAMILTON — A 25-year-old man wanted on a warrant related to a motor vehicle theft and burglary...
View ArticleConvicted Trenton Mayor Tony Mack refuses to resign, vows to fight ouster
Mack returned to work at City Hall yesterday for the first time since his Feb. 7 conviction and even dropped in on a council meeting for a few minutes yesterday evening. By Jenna Pizzi and Alex Zdan...
View ArticleTrenton man dies three days after stabbing, officials say
A city man died Tuesday after allegedly being stabbed in the abdomen by his ex-girlfriend Saturday night, officials said. Edna WhiteMercer County Prosecutor's Office TRENTON — A city man died Tuesday...
View ArticleFlorence woman arrested in drug raid at house, police say
Township police seized cocaine, marijuana, club drugs and prescription pills during a drug raid in the Roebling section of town last night, authorities said. Florence Police FLORENCE — Township...
View ArticleTrenton police put detective back on convicted Mayor Tony Mack's security detail
Gairy Robinson had been placed back in patrol last week following Mack's Feb. 7 conviction on all six federal charges against him. TRENTON — The police department yesterday backtracked and reassigned...
View ArticleState and city officials work to bypass convicted Trenton Mayor Tony Mack
Fearing potential legal challenges, city officials have refrained from sending contracts to the mayor to sign since the guilty verdict Feb. 7, officials said. TRENTON — His power fading as his ouster...
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