Man Fired Gunshots While Robbing 71-Year-Old Woman: Glassboro Police
A 32-year-old Glassboro man was recently arrested after shooting into a woman's vehicle during a robbery on Tuesday, April 1, authorities said.
At 9:14 p.m., officers responded to the 200 block of MacClelland Avenue for an armed robbery and a shooting, Glassboro police said. A 71-year-old woman had exited a residence and was seated in her vehicle when a man, later identified as Shameek Brown, tapped on the window with a gun and demanded her purse, police said.
When the woman refused to open the door, the suspect fired the gun into the vehicle, breaking out a window, police said. Brown took …
Man Convicted In Fatal Ambush Shooting At Trenton Party: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old Trenton resident was convicted on Thursday, April 17, of fatally shooting a man at a party in 2021, authorities said.
Matthew Tanner was convicted of murder in the first degree and multiple weapons offenses, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta Marbrey said.
On Saturday, July 31, 2021, the Trenton community was at the 800 block of Stuyvesant Avenue to celebrate "Sha-Day," a party honoring a resident killed in 2013, Marbrey said. Trenton police responded to the scene at 12:24 a.m. the next day and found Daquan Basnight lying motionless in the street, suffering from multip…
Newark Bloods Leader Ordered Shootings, Ran Open-Air Drug Market, 26 Charged: AG
The leader of the Queen Street Blood Gang and 25 other people have been arrested for their roles in an enterprise that used violence and intimidation to operate an open-air drug market in Newark, authorities said.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday, April 22.
Rabiyah Sorey, the leader of the gang is charged with racketeering, conspiracy, weapons offenses, assaults and drug offenses, Platkin said. Other members charged in the conspiracy acted as supervisors, advisors, distributors of controlled dangerous substances and enfo…
Woman Critical After Newark Stabbing, Man Arrested: Police
A woman is in critical condition after being stabbed in Newark on Saturday, March 29, authorities said.
At 9:42 p.m., police responded to Vailsburg Terrace and Linden Avenue and found a woman stabbed by a man she knows, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said.
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, while the man was arrested at the scene, Miranda said.
The man, who was not identified by police, is charged with domestic violence, aggravated assault and multiple weapons offenses, Miranda said.
