Tag: Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office
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Hamilton Township man arrested in West Windsor murder
A Hamilton Township man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing a 71-year-old West Windsor Township woman during a burglary to her Galston Drive home Aug. 2, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and the West Windsor Police Department. Denzel Whitmore, 24, was taken into custody without incident in Hamilton Township on Aug.…
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Lawrence Township teen killed in crash
An 18-year-old Lawrence Township woman was killed when her car collided with a dump truck on Brunswick Pike/Route 1 and Franklin Corner Road shortly after noon June 1, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. The 28-year-old dump truck driver suffered moderate injuries. The woman died at the scene, police said. The investigation into the…
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Fire damages awning, porch of Quaker Meeting House
The cause of an early morning fire that damaged the wooden awning and porch at the historic Stony Brook – or Quaker – Meeting House on Quaker Road April 3 is under investigation, according to the Princeton Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Police were sent to the 18th-century fieldstone building, which is…
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Mercer County Police Academy’s 28th basic class ‘stand ready’ to serve in their respective communities
The Mercer County Police Academy has graduated its 28th basic class of 44 cadets. An audience of several hundred family members, friends, Mercer County dignitaries and law enforcement officials from around state saw the cadets receive graduation certificates to officially make them police officers during a commencement held in the gymnasium at Mercer County Community…
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Mercer County Prosecutor: Princeton University student’s death ruled a suicide
The death of a Princeton University junior whose body was found behind the Princeton University tennis courts in October has been ruled a suicide, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. The cause of death of the student was determined to be “toxicity” caused by a combination of bupropion, escitalopram and hydroxyzine found in her…
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Mercer County Prosecutor: Bordentown woman, elementary school teacher provided teen with alcohol, drugs
An elementary school teacher from Bordentown has been charged with allegedly providing a teen boy with “vodka, vape pens and THC drops” for approximately two and a half years, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. Jennifer Debiec, 39, a fifth-grade teacher at Mercerville Elementary School in Hamilton, was charged with one count of…
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Teens charged in drug robbery, shooting death of Pennington School grad
Two teenaged boys, ages 16 and 17, have been charged with murder, felony murder, robbery and weapons offenses in connection with the death of Philip Urban, who was found shot to death in a nature preserve Dec.17, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri and Hopewell Township Police Chief James Rosso. The 16-year-old boy, who…
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Pennsylvania woman charged in alleged murder-for-hire scheme in Mercer County
A 56-year-old Chadds Ford, Pa. woman has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of money laundering for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill her ex-husband’s current wife, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri. Marilyn Zhou was arrested and charged by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special…
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Trenton men charged with robbery, aggravated assault and theft at Lawrence QuickChek
Two Trenton men are facing charges of robbery, aggravated assault and theft in connection to an alleged assault of another man inside a Quick Chek convenience store, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. The two men, ages 21 and 23, allegedly assaulted the 25-year-old victim inside the convenience store at 303 Brunswick Circle Extension…