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Man Found With Pipe Bombs Prompts Evacuation In Mercer County: Police Man Found With Pipe Bombs Prompts Evacuation In Mercer County: Police
Man Found With Pipe Bombs Prompts Evacuation In Mercer County: Police Homes and businesses were evacuated after police found a 51-year-old man with pipe bombs in his car, authorities said. The four metal pipes with caps and green wicks were found on the passenger side floor of the green Honda during a traffic stop at about 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 26, Hamilton police said. The car's driver, Jeremy Giliberti, was detained as South Broad Street was shut down between Harcourt and Churchill avenues, police said. The incident prompted precautionary evacuations until the New Jersey State Police bomb squad took possession of the suspicious materials for destruction,…

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by Jon Craig
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Somerset County Woman Who Set Fire To Hamilton Business Sign Charged With Arson, Police Say Somerset County Woman Who Set Fire To Hamilton Business Sign Charged With Arson, Police Say
Somerset County Woman Who Set Fire To Hamilton Business Sign Charged With Arson, Police Say A Somerset County woman who set fire to a business sign in Mercer County was charged with arson, authorities said. Alicia Schmitter, 40, is accused of using a lighter to set fire to an advertisement flag in front of Angie’s Multiservices on the 1800 block of South Broad Street in Hamilton just before 3:10 a.m. on Thursday, April 21, local police said. Schmitter, of Franklin Park, was seen on surveillance footage walking out of sight before officers found her lying on the sidewalk nearby, police said. During questioning, Schmitter allegedly pulled out the lighter and tried to set fire to a …

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by Valerie Musson
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Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Shooting Of Ex-GF At Mercer County Gas Station, Police Say Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Shooting Of Ex-GF At Mercer County Gas Station, Police Say
Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Shooting Of Ex-GF At Mercer County Gas Station, Police Say A Trenton man was charged with attempted murder after shooting his ex-girlfriend at a Mercer County gas station, authorities said. Shakur A. Wright is accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend — a 28-year-old Trenton woman — in the lower right torso area at the Pioneer Gas Station on South Broad Street in Hamilton on Thursday, Feb. 10, Hamilton Police said. The woman had an active restraining order against Wright, police said. She was last listed in stable condition and was expected to survive. Wright was arrested the following day on Asbury Street in Trenton, where officers also found the han…

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by Valerie Musson