Tag: Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office
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Bordentown man charged in August 2021 fatal crash
Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced on March 29 that an investigation into a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred in Trenton in August 2021 has resulted in criminal charges being filed against a Bordentown man. Lemark Norwood, 44, is charged with second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and…
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East Windsor man charged with child pornography, animal cruelty
A 31-year-old East Windsor man has been charged with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of animal cruelty following an investigation into online child exploitation. Mitchell B. Richtman was charged Jan. 27 after detectives from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit served a search warrant at his…
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Lawrence man arrested on allegations of child pornography
A 45-year-old Lawrence Township man has been charged with second-degree possession of child pornography following an investigation into online child exploitation. An investigation was launched after the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office was alerted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Kelly Skeel was allegedly uploading child pornography, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri…
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Mercer County K-9 competes in televised Detection Dog Challenge
The American Kennel Club (AKC) will broadcast its first-ever AKC/USPCA K9 Detection Dog Challenge on ESPN2 on Nov. 28. Only 20 dog teams from across the country competed, and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office was represented by Lt. Joe Angarone and his K-9 partner, Bela. The event, hosted by the AKC and the United States…
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Teen allegedly steals car, causes fatal crash on Princeton-Kingston Road; flags lowered in South Brunswick to honor victim
An attempt to steal a car from a Clover Lane, Princeton, driveway led to the deaths of a 15-year-old Newark resident and a 61-year-old Kendall Park woman when the teenager, who was allegedly driving a stolen Jeep Grand Cherokee, slammed head-on into the woman’s Acura RDX sport utility vehicle on Route 27/Princeton-Kingston Road Nov. 7,…
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Man charged in fatal hit-and-run on Route 1/Brunswick Pike
A 54-year-old truck driver has been charged in connection with the hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian on Brunswick Pike/Route 1 at Bakers Basin Road on Oct. 11, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri and Lawrence Township Police Chief Brian Caloiaro. Frank Claybrooks, 54, of Voorhees, was charged with leaving the scene of an…
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Lawrence man indicted on murder, weapons charges by grand jury
A 34-year-old Lawrence Township man has been indicted on murder and weapons offenses by a Mercer County grand jury in connection with the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Irvin Hayes was indicted on one count each of murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession…
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Canadian teen who called in bomb threat to PU in September has been charged
A Canadian teenager who allegedly called in a bomb threat to Princeton University in September 2020 has been charged with one count of second-degree false public alarm, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. A juvenile petition was signed against the 15-year-old boy by the Princeton University Department of Public Safety, the statement said. He…
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Lawrence police officer indicted for allegedly submitting false report
A Lawrence Township police officer has been indicted on two counts of official misconduct by a Mercer County grand jury for allegedly submitting an official report that contained false and misleading information. Andres Mejia, 42, was indicted by the grand jury on Oct. 20, one month after he was charged with tampering with records and…