Category Archives: December 2011

Another Trenton homicide

A 20-year-old Trenton resident was shot and killed early Thursday, December 29, in the city’s fifth homicide in the last week. Robert Howard, 20, suffered a gunshot wound, and was taken by a friend to Capital Health Regional Medical Center … Continue reading

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Fatal shooting on Lalor Street

A Trenton man was shot and killed when the parked car he was sitting in on the 500 block o fLalor Street was surrounded by a group of men, who opened fire, Monday, December 26. Jerel Grimsley, 21, was shot … Continue reading

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Man found dead on sidewalk

An unidentified man was found dead Christmas morning. Police were called to the 100 block of Phillips Avenue at 7:20 a.m. Sunday, after a passerby reported seeing a man on the ground, bleeding from the head. When police arrived, they … Continue reading

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Two Christmas night robbery attempts

One attempted robbery and one robbery took place in the city on the evening of December 25. At 6:10 p.m., a male entered the Riggins gas station on Calhoun Street, as another male sat waiting in a vehicle outside. A … Continue reading

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South Trenton stores robbed

Just before 7 p.m., Saturday, December 24, a group of two to three armed, masked men held up a video store on the 700 block of Anderson Street. Less than an hour later, a second group of masked men threatened … Continue reading

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Double homicide

The Trentonian is reporting that Trenton police were on the first block of Overbrook Avenue, where, according to sources, two people are dead following a shooting late Wednesday night, December 21. Sources are saying the shooting may be the product … Continue reading

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Woman injured in home invasion robbery

A 65-year-old woman was assaulted and pistol-whipped in her home this afternoon by a robber who took $20. The woman was inside her home on the 800 block of Princeton Avenue around noon when her doorbell rang. She looked at … Continue reading

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Trenton home struck by high-caliber weapon fire

A Klagg Avenue home was struck by five rounds from a high-caliber rifle early Sunday, police said.A Klagg Avenue home was struck by five rounds from a high-caliber rifle early Sunday, December 18. No one was injured in the shooting that occurred shortly … Continue reading

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Ringoes resident shot during Robbinsville hold-up

A 50-year-old man was shot several times in Robbinsville early Tuesday after he was robbed and tried to run away. The victim, a Ringoes resident, said the two suspects shot him and then headed west in a black Ford Ranger … Continue reading

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