Category Archives: January 2012

More than a year later, information still sought

I’Kime Melvin was Trenton’s first homicide victim of 2012. Melvin, who was paralyzed and wheelchair bound, was found dead in an apartment in the city’s Island neighborhood on January 16 of last year. To date, no arrests have been made … Continue reading

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Ewing pharmacy robbed, suspect still at large

An early-morning burglary of a township pharmacy Tuesday, January 31, led to a police foot pursuit of a man where an officer fired a single gunshot. Police were sent out to the pharmacy at 5:13 a.m. after the dispatch center … Continue reading

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Hamilton police seek suspects in jewelry store heist

Armed robbers held up Original Pratico Jewelers on Tuesday, January 31 and got away with more than $20,000 in merchandise.  The three suspects, two of them armed with handguns, remain at large. Two employees were inside the store on the … Continue reading

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West Windsor police seek robber

A man claiming to have a gun robbed a Nassau Park Boulevard story of $350 in merchandise Saturday, January 28. Police were dispatched to the Ulta store at 8:32 p.m. The store manager tried to stop a man at the … Continue reading

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Man shot in face

A 23-year-old Morrisville, Pa. man was shot in the jaw early today while driving in the West Ward, early Tuesday morning, January 31. The victim was headed down Murray Street around 1:45 a.m. when an unknown gunman shot several times … Continue reading

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Trenton police report two similar shootings

Two city men were shot in their fingers during strikingly similar, unrelated incidents nine hours apart Sunday afternoon into Monday morning. About 4 p.m. Sunday, January 29, a 24-year-old man was on the 900 block of New Willow walking home … Continue reading

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Trenton police investigating homicide of Daquan Dowling

Daquan Dowling, of Trenton, was found at around 6 p.m. Monday, January 30, in a crashed vehicle on the Route 29 northbound overpass for Memorial Drive. The 23-year-old man was shot to death last night in a bizarre incident near … Continue reading

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Police seek suspect in gas station robbery and beating

A Trenton gas station attendant was pistol-whipped during a robbery Monday, January 30. Officers sent to the Lukoil station on Chambers Street and Greenwood Avenue initially thought the attendant had been shot, but doctors at Capital Health Regional Medical Center … Continue reading

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Man shot in Wilbur drive-by

A Trenton man shot in the chest during a drive-by shooting in the city’s Wilbur section Wednesday night is in stable condition today and expected to survive. The 35-year-old East Trenton resident was drinking on the porch of a home … Continue reading

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Homicide in Trenton

A Trenton man was found dead inside an apartment complex in the city’s Island section this morning, marking the first homicide of the year in Trenton. The victim has tentatively been identified as l’Kime Melvin. Anyone with any information can … Continue reading

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