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UPDATE: NJ Police Officer Wounded, Domestic Violence Suspect Killed In Shootout UPDATE: NJ Police Officer Wounded, Domestic Violence Suspect Killed In Shootout
Update: NJ Police Officer Wounded, Domestic Violence Suspect Killed In Shootout A gunman was killed and a local police officer in Mercer County wounded multiple times in a shootout following a domestic violence incident Friday night, New Jersey's top law enforcement official confirmed. A 911 domestic violence call brought Hamilton Township police to an Orchard Avenue home around 10 p.m. March 8, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on Saturday. "During the encounter, a civilian armed with a rifle exchanged gunfire with two officers," Platkin said. "The civilian was fatally wounded and pronounced dead at the scene. One officer was also struck and is being tr…
'Incredible Talent:' Spirited NJ Performer Eric Ubl Dies, 34 'Incredible Talent:' Spirited NJ Performer Eric Ubl Dies, 34
'Incredible Talent:' Spirited NJ Performer Eric Ubl Dies, 34 Tributes are pouring in for Kean University graduate and passionate New Jersey musician Eric James Ubl, who died at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton on Tuesday, June 13 at the age of 34. A lifelong performer at heart, Eric grew up in Edison, his obituary says. He learned to play several instruments — piano, cello, acoustic and bass guitar, drums, and various brass — but could just as easily captivate audiences with the unique quality of his voice. He  performed with groups including Pandora’s Promise, Midnight Mosaic, and Exit 10. Eric started taking music lessons when he …
Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21 Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21
Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21 A Hamilton Township police detective did nothing wrong when he tried to stop a scooter rider from Trenton who was killed moments later in a crash, a state grand jury has found. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, 2021. The reason for the stop wasn't specified. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into t…
Officer Struck By Car On South Jersey Highway, Hit-Run Driver Charged Officer Struck By Car On South Jersey Highway, Hit-Run Driver Charged
Officer Struck By Car On South Jersey Highway, Hit-Run Driver Charged A 52-year-old woman has been charged after she struck a police officer on a New Jersey highway and then fled the scene, authorities said. Rachel Glatt was heading south on Route 130 when she struck Robbinsville patrolman Connor Boyle, 25, who was assisting a disabled driver near Voelbel Road at about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, the officer's department said in a release. Glatt continued southbound as EMS responded to the scene and rushed Boyle to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was in stable condition as of Sunday morning. Glatt, of East Windsor, was a…
Man Kills Ex-GF, Wounds Son In Trenton Murder-Suicide: Prosecutor Man Kills Ex-GF, Wounds Son In Trenton Murder-Suicide: Prosecutor
Man Kills Ex-GF, Wounds Son In Trenton Murder-Suicide: Prosecutor A 41-year-old woman was killed by her ex-boyfriend who then turned the gun on himself over the weekend in Trenton, authorities said. Nyeisha Saunders was shot by Antione Brown, 46, on the 100 block of Pennington Avenue around 6:35 p.m. Sunday, March 26, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said. Saunders' 19-year-old son was struck by gunfire and wounded in his hand, authorities said. Saunders was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead a short time later, the prosecutor said. While at the scene, police learned from a concerned citizen that a shooting sus…
Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Man Faces Weapons Charge As Authorities Make Murder Arrest In Trenton Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Man Faces Weapons Charge As Authorities Make Murder Arrest In Trenton
Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Man Faces Weapons Charge As Authorities Make Murder Arrest In Trenton A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Trenton last fall, and a man who was with him at the time was charged on a weapons offense, authorities said. Killed in the shooting was Chron Jenks, 34, of Ewing, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. Trayvon Stokes, of Trenton, is charged with first-degree murder and multiple weapons offenses. Stokes was taken into custody Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Trenton.  A subsequent warranted search was made at Stokes' residence by members of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, the Mercer&nb…
College Basketball Player Shot Dead In Benz In NJ Nature Preserve: Authorities College Basketball Player Shot Dead In Benz In NJ Nature Preserve: Authorities
College Basketball Player Shot Dead In Benz In NJ Nature Preserve: Authorities A college basketball player was shot and killed in a Mercedes Benz at a New Jersey nature preserve over the weekend, authorities said. Phillip Urban, 20, was found “slumped over in the driver’s seat” of a white Mercedes C300 on a trail at the Hopewell Valley Nature Preserve off of Harbourton-Woodsville Road around 7 p.m. Saturday, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a joint release. Urban, of Manalapan, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead of a gunshot wound shortly after. Urban graduated from Pennington School before attending Post Universi…
‘They Never Stopped:’ Suspect Nabbed 8 Years After Brutal Murder Of 23-Year-Old NJ Man ‘They Never Stopped:’ Suspect Nabbed 8 Years After Brutal Murder Of 23-Year-Old NJ Man
‘They Never Stopped:’ Suspect Nabbed 8 Years After Brutal Murder Of 23-Year-Old NJ Man A suspect has been identified and arrested eight years after the brutal murder of a 23-year-old New Jersey man, authorities announced. Jonathan Woody, 40, of Trenton, is charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, and certain persons not to possess a weapon, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a release alongside local officials on Wednesday, July 27. Woody is accused of shooting Jamer Greenfield several times — including in the chest — near the 200 block of Rosemont Avenue in Trenton around 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 19,…
Victim Airlifted After Falling At Hunterdon County Food Manufacturer (PHOTOS) Victim Airlifted After Falling At Hunterdon County Food Manufacturer (PHOTOS)
Victim Airlifted After Falling At Hunterdon County Food Manufacturer (Photos) One person was flown to the hospital after falling at a food manufacturing facility in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad responded to Johanna Foods on Johanna Farms Road in Flemington around 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 19, the squad said. Emergency crews cared for the victim at the scene while a landing zone was set up in a nearby field. The victim was then flown via NorthSTAR medical helicopter to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton for further care. The scene was cleared in about 45 minutes. Scroll down to view additiona…
Victim Airlifted After Becoming Trapped Under T-Shirt Printing Press In Hunterdon County Victim Airlifted After Becoming Trapped Under T-Shirt Printing Press In Hunterdon County
Victim Airlifted After Becoming Trapped Under T-Shirt Printing Press In Hunterdon County One person was flown to a nearby hospital after becoming trapped underneath a printing press in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad responded to Special T’s Ambro Manufacturing in Flemington just before 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday April 12, the department said alongside Raritan Township police. The victim became trapped in a t-shirt printing press and was flown via Northstar helicopter to Capital Health Regional Medical Center for treatment of possible injuries, police said. The call was one of several the rescue squad responded to within the las…
Victim Flown To Hospital In Hunterdon County Crash, Police Say Victim Flown To Hospital In Hunterdon County Crash, Police Say
Victim Flown To Hospital In Hunterdon County Crash, Police Say One person was flown to a nearby hospital following a Monday afternoon crash in Hunterdon County, police confirmed. A vehicle struck the cement barrier in the middle of the road near 234 Route 202/31 northbound in Flemington around 3:40 p.m., Raritan Township police Lt. Scott Nelson said. The victim was taken by Northstar medical helicopter to Capital Health Regional Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries, Nelson said. The crash remained under investigation by the Raritan Township Police Department.
Grand Jury: Trenton PD Had To Shoot To Stop Man Pointing Gun Grand Jury: Trenton PD Had To Shoot To Stop Man Pointing Gun
Grand Jury: Trenton PD Had To Shoot To Stop Man Pointing Gun Trenton police were justified in shooting a man who pointed an airsoft gun at them, a grand jury has found. Two separate 911 calls of a suicidal man threatening to harm himself came in to police on March 14, 2019, state Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The responding officers were joined by two others who’d been called to the same North Olden Avenue more than four hours earlier, he said. “If you come in here, I’ll shoot you,” Jason Williams, 42, told the officers, Bruck said. “Concerned for Mr. Williams’ safety, officers opened the door to check on him,” the attorney general…
LGBTQ+ Advocate Killed In Trenton Shooting Was Protecting Loved One, Friends Say LGBTQ+ Advocate Killed In Trenton Shooting Was Protecting Loved One, Friends Say
LGBTQ+ Advocate Killed In Trenton Shooting Was Protecting Loved One, Friends Say A 23-year-old LGBTQ+ advocate was shot and killed last Friday in Trenton, with their killer in custody as of Monday morning, authorities said. Shaquil Lofti was found with gunshot wounds in their face in a house on Kelsey Avenue around 4:40 a.m., Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. They were transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead a short time later. The accused gunman, Daniel L. Smith, 36, was arrested in a traffic stop the following day, authorities said. He is charged with one count of murder and multiple weapons offenses. The …
NJ Attorney General IDs Scooter Rider, 21, Killed In Mercer Police Chase Crash NJ Attorney General IDs Scooter Rider, 21, Killed In Mercer Police Chase Crash
NJ Attorney General IDs Scooter Rider, 21, Killed In Mercer Police Chase Crash A Trenton man was involved in a crash that killed him last month after he didn’t stop for a Hamilton Township police officer, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, Grewal said. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into the Mercerville Shopping Ce…
State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash
State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash New Jersey Attorney Gurbir S. Grewal said his office was reviewing the death of a 21-year-old Trenton man in a scooter crash because it somehow involved law enforcement. The man, who wasn't identified, was riding a Yamaha scooter without a helmet near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road in Hamilton Township when a township officer in an unmarked car spotted him shortly after 9 p.m. on May 25, Grewal said. A release issued by Grewal on Thursday doesn't say whether the officer initiated a pursuit. What it does say is: "Before the officer could stop the scooter opera…
Police Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of Trenton Man Who Died Weeks Later At Hospital Police Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of Trenton Man Who Died Weeks Later At Hospital
Police Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of Trenton Man Who Died Weeks Later At Hospital New Jersey's chief law enforcement official on Thursday released police bodycam footage of the arrest of a 64-year-old Trenton man who died 18 days later in the hospital. Joseph Ahr Sr., 64, was already being restrained by three police officers when a fourth pepper-sprayed him in the face last July 6, video released by state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal shows. “I can’t breathe,” Ahr says over and again, both before and after the officers got him up and sat him handcuffed on the front steps of his Monmouth Street house following a seconds-long struggle. They had responded there followi…
Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges
Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges An armed robber from Trenton thought he’d found an easy victim in a would-be gun buyer – only it turned out to be an undercover agent who shot him instead, authorities said. Members of a federally-led task force were investigating gun trafficking and other crimes when Jabree Johnson, 28, got into the undercover agent’s car at the Krauszer’s on Greenwood Avenue in Hamilton Township on March 22, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Johnson handed over a semi-automatic handgun that the agent inspected before returning it and asking to see others, Honig said Friday. At that point, Johns…
State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash
State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash Videos of a brief police pursuit that ended when a 23-year-old Trenton man crashed his sedan into woods off a highway were released Friday by authorities following his death. A Bordentown police officer began following the Nissan Maxima after Keron Roundtree, 23, brake abruptly on Route 206 shortly before 9 p.m. last Oct. 27, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Several violations followed over the next two minutes before the officer “activated his overhead lights and siren to make a motor vehicle stop,” Grewal said. Roundtree, who had an adult male passenger with him, hit the gas…
UPDATE: 3 Suspects In Custody After Stolen Car Crash Injures 6 Trenton Police Officers UPDATE: 3 Suspects In Custody After Stolen Car Crash Injures 6 Trenton Police Officers
Update: 3 Suspects In Custody After Stolen Car Crash Injures 6 Trenton Police Officers UPDATED: Four Trenton police officers were injured including one critically after being shot at during a wild pursuit of a stolen sedan that ended in a major wreck overnight, authorities said. One Trenton police officer remained in critical condition as of 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokesperson for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. A second police officer was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, she said.  One of the stolen car suspects was in critical condition. A second suspect was hospitalized with broken bones. A third suspect and two addit…