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New Details Emerge As Feds Take Case Of South Jersey Man Charged With Building Pipe Bombs New Details Emerge As Feds Take Case Of South Jersey Man Charged With Building Pipe Bombs
New Details Emerge As Feds Take Case Of South Jersey Man Charged With Building Pipe Bombs Federal authorities on Tuesday announced that they're now handling the prosecution of a South Jersey man who forced a major evacuation of homes and businesses after local police said they found him driving around with homemade pipe bombs in his car. U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip Sellinger announced the move on Jan. 23 while sharing new details about last summer's arrest. Jeremy Giliberti, 52, of Mount Laurel, was stopped by Hamilton Township police in the parking lot of a T-Mobile store on South Broad Street shortly before 11 a.m. last July 26. On the floorboard of the front passenge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Attempted Homicide Charges For Trenton Shooting Suspect: Police Attempted Homicide Charges For Trenton Shooting Suspect: Police
Attempted Homicide Charges For Trenton Shooting Suspect: Police A suspect has been arrested and charged with attempted homicide following a Trenton shooting, authorities announced. Jaquay Jackson was taken into custody and charged with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and various weapons offenses, Trenton Police said in a release on Tuesday, June 21. Officers responded to the shooting near N. Hermitage and Gilbert Alley and confirmed the attempted homicide on Wednesday, May 25, police said. Jackson was being held in the Mercer County Correctional Facility.

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by Valerie Musson
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Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting, Police Say Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting, Police Say
Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting, Police Say A suspect has been arrested and charged with attempted homicide following a Trenton shooting, authorities announced. Kashon Lawery was taken into custody and charged with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and various weapons offenses, Trenton Police said in a release on Tuesday, June 21. Officers responded to the shooting near Martin Luther King Park and confirmed the attempted homicide on Monday, May 23, police said. Lawery was being held in the Mercer County Correctional Facility.

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by Valerie Musson
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Suspect Nabbed In Attempted Trenton Homicide, Police Say Suspect Nabbed In Attempted Trenton Homicide, Police Say
Suspect Nabbed In Attempted Trenton Homicide, Police Say A suspect has been arrested and charged with attempted homicide following a Trenton shooting, authorities announced. Kahiree Peterson was taken into custody and charged with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and various weapons offenses, Trenton Police said in a release on Tuesday, June 21. Officers responded to the shooting on Tioga Street on Thursday, May 19, DailyVoice.com reported alongside police. Kahiree was being held in the Mercer County Correctional Facility.

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by Valerie Musson
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Hopewell Man, 49, Charged With Child Endangerment, Attempted Criminal Sexual Contact: Police Hopewell Man, 49, Charged With Child Endangerment, Attempted Criminal Sexual Contact: Police
Hopewell Man, 49, Charged With Child Endangerment, Attempted Criminal Sexual Contact: Police A 49-year-old Hopewell man was charged with child endangerment and attempted criminal sexual contact after trying to grab a teen’s buttocks in a local parking lot and running away, authorities said. Melecio Xecchay is accused of grabbing the left leg of a 17-year-old girl who was getting into her car parked in the Franklin Avenue parking lot across from Harris Road in Princeton around 9:20 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, DailyVoice.com reported. Xecchay grabbed her leg in an apparent attempt to grab her buttocks and ran south through the parking lot toward Princeton Cemetery, police said. He was…

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by Valerie Musson
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BUSTED: Pair Armed With Loaded Handgun Caught Selling Fentanyl, Heroin, Crack, Coke: Trenton PD BUSTED: Pair Armed With Loaded Handgun Caught Selling Fentanyl, Heroin, Crack, Coke: Trenton PD
Busted: Pair Armed With Loaded Handgun Caught Selling Fentanyl, Heroin, Crack, Coke: Trenton PD A stop of a suspicious vehicle in Trenton led to several drug and weapons charges for a pair caught with distributable amounts of Fentanyl, heroin, crack, and cocaine, as well as a loaded handgun, authorities said. Shadoe L. Otto and Darrius Williams were stopped in a vehicle with an expired registration near Rosemont Avenue in Trenton on Tuesday, May 10, Trenton Police said in a Thursday release. During questioning, officers saw a scale and razor blade in plain sight, police said. A follow-up investigation and search of the vehicle led to the seizure of a loaded handgun with an extended m…

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by Valerie Musson
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Attempted Murder Charges For Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting Attempted Murder Charges For Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting
Attempted Murder Charges For Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting A Trenton man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with an April shooting, authorities announced. Jaheem Watkins, of Trenton, was charged with criminal attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault, as well as defiant trespass and various weapons offenses, Trenton Police said on Friday, May 6. Watkins was identified as the gunman who shot and seriously injured a man near 54 Prospect St. on Saturday, April 16, police said. Watkins was being held in the Mercer County Correctional Facility. The investigation was led by the Mercer County Shooting Response …

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by Valerie Musson
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Four-Hour Standoff Leads To Arrest Of Gang Member Wanted For Trenton Double-Shooting Four-Hour Standoff Leads To Arrest Of Gang Member Wanted For Trenton Double-Shooting
Four-Hour Standoff Leads To Arrest Of Gang Member Wanted For Trenton Double-Shooting A four-hour standoff led to the arrest of a Delaware man wanted for a Trenton double-shooting, authorities announced. Dontay Brannon was arrested and charged with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and various weapons offenses after the nearly four-hour standoff on Wednesday, April 27, Trenton Police said on Thursday, May 5. Brannon, of Frederica, Delaware, was identified as the suspect in a double shooting on Sanford Street on Wednesday, April 13, police said. Brannon, purportedly a member of the Gangster Killer Bloods gang, has an extensive criminal history in several prior…

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by Valerie Musson
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Trenton Man, 19, Holds Elderly Woman Hostage In Armed Home Invasion Trenton Man, 19, Holds Elderly Woman Hostage In Armed Home Invasion
Trenton Man, 19, Holds Elderly Woman Hostage In Armed Home Invasion A 19-year-old Trenton man broke into an elderly woman’s home Monday and held her at gunpoint before making off with several of her possessions, including her car, authorities said. Kahider Carmichael is accused of breaking into a Hamilton home on the 300 block of Tindall Avenue by pushing in a window air conditioning unit on the first floor, police said. Carmichael then held the woman at gunpoint and stole several valuable items, including her vehicle, police said. Carmichael was arrested Monday evening by the New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression Central Unit while driving the stolen …

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by Valerie Musson
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South Jersey Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Stabbing, Police Say South Jersey Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Stabbing, Police Say
South Jersey Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Stabbing, Police Say A South Jersey man has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing two people during an argument Sunday, authorities said. Police responded to the 200 block of Wert Avenue to find two victims with multiple stab wounds at approximately 5:30 a.m., according to Hamilton Police Department. Both victims of the assault were taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, and are expected to survive, police said. Officers later identified 31-year-old Hamilton resident George Kinczel as the alleged suspect, police said. Kinczel was charged with criminal attempt homicide, aggravated assault…

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by Nicole Acosta