Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Trenton Shooting Victim ID'd, 29th Homicide In 2020 Trenton Shooting Victim ID'd, 29th Homicide In 2020
Trenton Shooting Victim ID'd, 29th Homicide In 2020 Authorities have identified the man shot multiple times, and killed, late Friday. Hussain Abdullah, 35, of Trenton died of gunshot wounds after the shooting on the 200 block of Spring Street, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.  Trenton police responded to a Shot Spotter activation at 11 p.m., DeBlasio said. Abdullah was found in the street.  He was taken to an  area hospital where he was pronounced dead, she said. Friday's shooting death was the 29th homicide in Trenton this year. There were a total of 16 homicides in …

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Victim Of Fatal Trenton House Fire Authorities ID Victim Of Fatal Trenton House Fire
Authorities ID Victim Of Fatal Trenton House Fire The name of the victim in last week's suspicious house fire in Trenton has been released. The body of Severn Drew, 65, was found in the debris of the Sept. 23 fire on the 700 block of Southard Street, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. An autopsy concluded that Drew’s cause of death was carbon monoxide asphyxiation, DeBlasio said on Wednesday. The fire and death remain under investigation. The manner of Drew's death remains undetermined, she said. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Arson Unit …

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious' Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious'
Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious' UPDATED: Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal house fire that is considered suspicious. An elderly man was killed in the three-alarm blaze in Trenton on Tuesday night. After the fire was extinguished, the body of the dead man was found in fire debris, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. The blaze broke out about 8:30 p.m. in a home that was cluttered with hoarded belongings on the 700 block of Southard Street, authorities said. A 63-year-old man was found on the first floor of the structure. His name had not been r…

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Convict Accused Of Killing Trenton Girlfriend In Fight Over Cellphone Ex-Convict Accused Of Killing Trenton Girlfriend In Fight Over Cellphone
Ex-Convict Accused Of Killing Trenton Girlfriend In Fight Over Cellphone A Mercer County man fatally stabbed his 32-year-old girlfriend the day after his release from a Pennsylvania jail, authorities said. They were fighting over his lost cellphone, according to NJ Advance Media, citing court papers. Irvin Hayes, 33, was arrested by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force on murder and weapons charges in the Aug. 25 death of Shamira Williams, 32, of Trenton.  Trenton police were called to Williams' home the day after Hayes' release from Montgomery County Jail in Pennsylvania, according to NJ.com. Police found Williams with multiple stab wounds. 

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Trenton Ex-Con, 28, Charged In Fatal Shooting Over Girlfriend's Cell Phone Calls Trenton Ex-Con, 28, Charged In Fatal Shooting Over Girlfriend's Cell Phone Calls
Trenton Ex-Con, 28, Charged In Fatal Shooting Over Girlfriend's Cell Phone Calls A 28-year-old ex-convict from Trenton is accused of fatally shooting another man after finding the victim''s number on his girlfriend's cell phone, authorities said. Michael Owens was charged with murder and several weapons charges on Thursday at Mercer County Correctional Institution where he has been held since July 24 on assault and theft charges,, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Owens was jailed on earlier charges of assault and theft in connection with grabbing his girlfriend's neck and taking her phone on July 17 in Hamilton Township, Onofri said. Owens was released fr…

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
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…

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Trenton Man, 23, Fatally Shot In Alley Trenton Man, 23, Fatally Shot In Alley
Trenton Man, 23, Fatally Shot In Alley The Mercer County Homicide Task Force is investigating an early morning shooting that left one person dead in Trenton, authorities said. At 12:19 a.m. Wednesday, Trenton Police Department received a Shot Spotter activation reporting several gun shots from the rear of 828 Edgewood Ave. in Niagara Alley, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. Trenton patrol officers found 23-year-old Jahson Phillips on Niagara Alley, suffering from gunshot wounds to the torso, the statement said. Phillips was later pronounced dead by Capital Health Regional Medical Center personnel.…

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Trenton Shooting Victims ID'd Trenton Shooting Victims ID'd
Trenton Shooting Victims ID'd Authorities have identified two teenage victims in Wednesday morning's double-fatal shooting in Trenton. The shooting victims are Richard Guarderas, 18, and Malcom L. Bowser, 19, both of Trenton, Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said in an email. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday afternoon, she said. Police were called to the 1100 block of Stuyvesant Avenue near Hillcrest Avenue t 4:10 a.m. on a report of two people shot. Two men were found dead in a gray Kia, shot multiple times, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a statement. …

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Double Fatal Shooting In Trenton UPDATE: Double Fatal Shooting In Trenton
Update: Double Fatal Shooting In Trenton UPDATED: City and county law enforcement officers are investigating a double fatal shooting in Trenton early Wednesday, authorities said. Police were called to the 1100 block of Stuyvesant Avenue near Hillcrest Avenue t 4:10 a.m. on a report of two people shot. Two men were found dead in a gray Kia, shot multiple times, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a statement. No arrests have been made, but detectives from the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department are investigating, Onofri said. Anyone with urged to call 609-989-6406.  Confiden…

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Authorities: Ewing Man Charged With Murder In Pennsylvania Girlfriend's Shooting Authorities: Ewing Man Charged With Murder In Pennsylvania Girlfriend's Shooting
Authorities: Ewing Man Charged With Murder In Pennsylvania Girlfriend's Shooting A Ewing Township man faces additional charges in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, authorities said Wednesday. Aaron Adams, 38, originally was arrested on weapons charges in connection with Monday's death of a 32-year-old woman from Levittown, Pa., Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a statement. On Wednesday, Adams was charged with the murder of Ashley Davis, Onofri said. The first-degree murder charge is a result of an investigation by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Ewing Police Department, he said. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday…

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Shooting Victim's Death Ruled Homicide UPDATE: Shooting Victim's Death Ruled Homicide
Update: Shooting Victim's Death Ruled Homicide The suspicious death of a 32-year-old Pennsylvania woman in Mercer County has been ruled a homicide, authorities said. A Ewing man was arrested after law enforcement officers investigating the death of his girlfriend at his house found weapons in the same room as her body, the county prosecutor's office said in a statement. An autopsy was performed on Tuesday and Davis’ death has been ruled a homicide, said Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the county prosecutor. The victim suffered a gunshot wound by a metal air gun pellet that struck internal organs and caused massive internal bleeding, …

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by Jon Craig
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Weapons, Heroin Recovered From Boyfriend's House Where Girlfriend, 32, Found Dead Authorities: Weapons, Heroin Recovered From Boyfriend's House Where Girlfriend, 32, Found Dead
Authorities: Weapons, Heroin Recovered From Boyfriend's House Where Girlfriend, 32, Found Dead A Ewing man was arrested after law enforcement officers investigating the death of his girlfriend at his house found weapons in the same room as her body, authorities said. Members of the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and Ewing Police Department responded to a Glen Stewart Drive home around 6:30 p.m. Monday, on reports of a deceased female, the county's prosecutor's office said in a statement. The body of Ashley Davis, 32, of Levittown, PA, had visible wounds and she was pronounced dead at the scene, in the basement of the home the prosecutor's office said. A pair of long BB guns and a…

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