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Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery
Ex-Con Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of LGBTQ+ Advocate, Motive Remains A Mystery Authorities this week still hadn't offered a motive for why an ex-con killed a 23-year-old LGBTQ+ advocate from Trenton in a horrific shooting this summer. “Detectives continue to investigate what prompted the attack,” Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in announcing an indictment charging ex-con Daniel L. Smith, 37, with murder in the July 30 shooting of Shaquil Loftin, also known as Shai Vanderpump. Shaquil Lofti was pronounced dead at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton a short time after being found with several gunshots wounds in the face in a house on Kelsey …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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More Than $10K Of Cocaine Seized In Major Trenton Bust More Than $10K Of Cocaine Seized In Major Trenton Bust
More Than $10K Of Cocaine Seized In Major Trenton Bust The Mercer County Narcotics Task Force seized more than $10,000 worth of cocaine this week, leading to the arrest of a 27-year-old Trenton man, authorities said. Acting on a tip that Juan Polanco-Abreu would be distributing cocaine near Hudson and Tyler streets in Trenton shortly before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, authorities surveilled the area and found the suspect, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a press statement. Officers saw Polacno-Abreu carrying a white plastic bag near 60 Hudson St., and followed him to the 100 block of Tyler Street. Polanco-Abreu tried to …

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by Jon Craig