• A robbery occurred in front of the home of Marc Kafitin, 33, on Beatty Street after he arrived home from work at about 10:40 p.m. Friday, February 29. As Kafitin went to get some belongings from his vehicle, a gun-wielding man snuck up behind him and told him to freeze.  A second robber appeared out of the shadows and grabbed Kafitin's wallet, cell phone and two fully loaded .40-caliber clips of ammunition, which Kafitin had as an employee at an armored car service, according to police. The wallet contained a vault combination for his job and a state-issued handgun permit among some other personal items.  Detectives believe the robbers told Kafitin to get on the ground while they fled. Police were called and searched the area after hearing the victim's description. The armed individual was a 5-foot-10 black man wearing dark clothes, in his late teens to early 20s. His accomplice was a 5-foot-7 black man.
• George Zinnah, 23, and Jermaine Davis, 18 -- were sitting in a vehicle at Oakland and Hoffman avenues when two men, each carrying a handgun, approached them about 9:20 a.m., Wednesday, February 27, police said. The gunmen stole about $240 in cash, a gold chain and a gold bracelet, police said.  Zinnah and Davis then suddenly started to drive away from the holdup, prompting the gunmen to fire several shots that hit the vehicle but not the victims, police said.
• Police said Rudolph Owens, 23, suffered a fractured nose and minor brain bleeding among other injuries in the attack just before 10:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 26, in the 300 block of Jersey Street.  Police at this time have no information on the number or description of suspects in the beating, nor do they have specifics on the assault itself.
• At approximately 7:34 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26, Cab Driver Mutaz Hamid was robbed of his money by a 18 to 19 year old black male, 5'8" tall, thin build.  The suspect was last seen wearing a white hoodie and blue jeans.  He was armed with a black handgun.
• Michael Webb, 61, was assaulted with pepper spray and robbed of $275 in the first block of Carroll Street.  The incident occurred at about 6:00 p.m. on February 26 and the suspects are two black males, approximately 6' tall. One was wearing a white hoodie, the other a black hoodie.
• Just before midnight, February 23, near the 100 block of Passaic Street, 32-year-old Tyvone Armour was grazed in the back of the head by a bullet, police said. Two police officers patrolling in the area heard several gunshots and rushed to investigate, along with the Trenton Police Criminal Investigation Bureau's Shooting Response Team 3. Armour was taken to Capital Health System at Fuld, treated and released. One of the two suspects in his shooting was described as a black female wearing a black Roca wear bomber jacket with fur, Timberland boots with fur and carrying a gold purse. The other suspect was described as a black male wearing a multicolored hoodie and armed with a silver handgun.
• A shooting incident occurred just after 10 p.m., Saturday, February 23, 19-year-old Jamere Caldwell, who was driving on the 100 block of Walnut Avenue. He was shot in his right arm, his vehicle's rear window was shattered and its left front wheel damaged.
• Three men attacked and robbed a city resident about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 23, police said.  The trio accosted Enrique Lopez, 32, near the corner of South Olden and Hamilton avenues. During the attack they took $140 in cash from him.
• Lee M. Thomas, 33, the victim of an aggravated assault with a knife at the corner of Oakland and Hoffman around 12:39 p.m. Saturday, February 23.  It was reported that the victim was attacked by four to six black males, dressed in dark clothing.
• Police said a 37-year-old male, whose name was not released, was entering a home on Oak Street just before 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 19. The man was approached by two suspects, one of whom pistol-whipped the man across the top of his head, then shot him in the left leg. The suspects fled immediately afterward and the victim limped into the house.
• Israel Tax, 32, was beaten with a baseball bat and robbed of $7.00 during an attack near the intersection of Home Avenue and Beatty Street in South Trenton about 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 17.  The suspects were described as three black males, 16 to 20 years old and one 16 to 20 year old Hispanic Male.
• At about 12:10 a.m., Sunday, February 17, three New York City residents and a man from New Windsor, N.Y., were robbed while sitting in a car in front of a home on South Walker Avenue. While they were waiting for some relatives, a man approached the front-seat passenger, 19-year-old Jesse Munoz of the Bronx, N.Y., who locked the door. The robber then demanded he open the door and pulled out a semi-automatic handgun. The man ended up taking all of the victims' cash and a watch from one of them. The robber was described as a thin, 19- to 22-year-old black man, about 5-feet 10-inches tall, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt with green stripes and a dark green jacket with jeans.
• At 12:05 a.m., Sunday, February 17, a victim encountered a man who lifted his shirt, as if to display he was armed with a weapon, at the corner of West State Street and Fisher Place. After the victim denied having any money, he was ordered to hand over his cell phone and complied. But when the victim, who wasn't identified, saw a police patrol car drive down West State Street, he threatened to flag down the officer unless he was given his phone back. This time the robber would be the one to comply. Police couldn't find the man who, was described by the victim as a 150-pound, 5-foot-6 black man in his 20s wearing a camouflage hat.
• City resident Brendan Lipira, 35, was the victim when someone pulled him into a dark yard and demanded money near Pullen Alley and Jackson Street about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, February 16. During a struggle, the victim was struck in the back of the head with an object, but he managed to fight off the attacker and ran home. Lipira declined medical treatment for the small laceration he received. The would-be robber was described as a 5-foot-7, 150-pound black man wearing a dark brown jacket and sweatshirt underneath.
• At a little before 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, an individual was burned with hot water and was possibly beaten during a robbery that occurred in the area of the 700 block of Beatty Street.
• Sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, February, 12, a burglary/theft occurred at the home of Zuzana Jochecova in the 100 block of North Olden Avenue.  Cash and a laptop computer were removed from the premises.
• At about 10:37 p.m., Monday February 10, a shooting occurred in the vicinity of West Ingham and Parkway Avenues.  A 34 African American male was shot at by the occupants of an auto during an attempted robbery.
• A 16 year old Hispanic male was robbed and beaten near the corner of Grand Street and Chestnut Avenue at about 3:20 p.m. on Monday, February 11. The suspect was described as a 17 to 20 year old white male, 6' tall, 150 pounds, wearing a dark blue jacket.
• After 34-year-old Nathaniel Alicea, a tattoo artist from Bridgeport, Conn., provided his services at a party on Coolidge Avenue, two suspects brandishing black and silver semi-automatic handguns told him to lie on the floor, police said. As one held a gun to Alicea's head, the other robber snatched $600 out of the tattoo artist's pockets before leaving the scene.  The armed robbers were both described as thin black men, 18-21 years old, wearing all black clothing and carrying matching guns.
• About 9 p.m. Saturday, February 9, as Trenton resident Michael Marino, 40, waited at a bus stop near the train station, four males asked him to follow them down South Clinton Avenue. After he followed them down the street away from the train station, the victim was grabbed by one robber who demanded money, according to police. The others then pushed Marino to the ground, ripped his jacket off and took his wallet, which contained $10, before leaving the area.  Three of the robbers were described as 6-foot black men, 20-25 years old, wearing dark clothes. Marino said the fourth was a 5-foot-2 boy, 8-10 years old, wearing a New York Giants jacket.
• On Friday, February 8, an 86-year-old man offered a stranger a place to stay, only to get attacked from behind.  James Brown, the owner of a vacant home on Oak Street, was introduced to a man he didn't know, who needed a place to stay. Needing someone to help with some work around the house, Brown complied. When both men were alone in the home, the guest grabbed the hospitable victim from behind and told him he needed money, police said. After removing the victim's wallet, the stranger left the home about 3:35 p.m. Brown was unharmed but lost $150, his Social Security card, a Medicaid card and an out-of-state driver's license. He identified the robber as a 6-foot, medium-built, 30-year-old black man wearing dark jeans and a long-sleeved shirt.

• A 28-year-old woman told police she was walking on Mott Street, near South Clinton Avenue, about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 6, when she was grabbed by a man.  The woman claimed the man pulled her hair, punched her about the face and threatened to drag her into a nearby alley, police said.

  The woman called police after she was able to escape from the man.  The woman described her attacker as black, 5 feet 8 to 10 inches tall, with a thin build, wearing a dark pull-over hoodie, baggie jeans and white sneakers with a black outline. 

• Two men robbed a city resident, Jeffrey Wise, 19, as he was walking in an alleyway in the 600 block of North Clinton Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, February 3. Wise tried to fight off one of the assailants, who was armed with a black handgun that discharged during the struggle, with one bullet striking Wise, police said.  The suspects in that shooting are described as males, one wearing a red hoodie and armed with the handgun and the other wearing a black hoodie, according to police.

• Shortly after 1:10 a.m. Sunday, February 3, a gunman and an accomplice robbed a 42-year-old city man, Rolando Chan, of $300 and a cell phone after holding him up at the corner of Morris and Whittaker avenues, police said.  After robbing him, the suspects continued to threaten the victim and ordered him to run from the area, police said. Chan was not injured. The suspects in that case are described as Hispanic men wearing dark clothing. The gunman was about 30 years old and 5 feet 6 inches tall. The other suspect is described as 30 years old and 5 feet 5 inches tall.

• Two teenagers accosted a 47-year-old city man, Rudy Juarez, while he was walking in the first block of South Olden Avenue at about 12:40 p.m. Saturday, February 2. After pushing Juarez to the ground, the robbers stole $160 from him and fled, according to police. The suspects in that case are identified as 15-to-18-year-old males, weighing about 130 pounds each and wearing black hoodies.

•  Oscar Peeples, 39, was in critical condition after he was badly beaten in the head after an argument with another man early Saturday, February 2, according to police. Peeples was arguing with an unknown male on the corner of Nassau and Miller streets at around 12:09 Saturday morning when the assault occurred, police said.  The suspect was described as a black male, 6 feet tall, wearing a black jacket.
   
   

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