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Human Traffickers Forced Victims Into Sex At Fortified Brothels In Asbury, Trenton, NJ AG Says Human Traffickers Forced Victims Into Sex At Fortified Brothels In Asbury, Trenton, NJ AG Says
Human Traffickers Forced Victims Into Sex At Fortified Brothels In Asbury, Trenton, NJ AG Says Customers bought poker chips to have sex with an underage girl and women who were forced into prostitution against their will by a human trafficking ring that operated out of Monmouth and Mercer counties, authorities said. New Jersey State Police watched 10 men enter a Hudson Street home in Trenton through the back door and then exit 15 to 20 minutes later one January night, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. A man then came out and locked the gate, the attorney general said. A search-warranted raid later that night included members of the State Police T.E.A.M.S. Unit, K-9 Un…

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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
Police & Fire
UPDATE: ID Released For Man Shot Dead In Trenton UPDATE: ID Released For Man Shot Dead In Trenton
Update: ID Released For Man Shot Dead In Trenton UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday identified a man shot and killed the day before in Trenton as a 29-year-old city resident. Meanwhile, the hunt for his killer continued. Yuell Moore was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:30 p.m. shooting on Hudson Street, said Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman with the Mercer County Homicide Task Force. It was the city's second daylight shooting death this week and fourth killing in Trenton this year. Danavan Phillips, 37, of Trenton was fatally shot in the head during a fight in the West Ward on Monday.  Detectives from the Mercer County Prosecut…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Police Report Second Fatal Shooting This Week In Trenton Police Report Second Fatal Shooting This Week In Trenton
Police Report Second Fatal Shooting This Week In Trenton A man was gunned Wednesday afternoon in Trenton, the city's second daylight gunshot death this week. reports. The man was shot in the face on Hudson Street near Pearl Street in the capital city's South Ward, according to The Trentonian and Peterson's Breaking News.  The name of the victim, believed to be in his 30s, still hadn't been released, and the circumstances behind the 2:30 p.m. killing weren’t immediately available, The Trentonian reported. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Capital Health paramedics, Peterson's reported.  The Mercer County Homicide Task Force was in…

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by Jon Craig