Press Releases

Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Press Releases

January 1                     Trenton Man Arrested for New Year’s Eve Homicide

January 7                     MCPO Concludes That Use of Force was Justified in September 29, 2019 Non-Fatal Police Shooting in Trenton

January 12                   Trenton Man Arrested for December Homicide

January 26                   Mercer County Prosecutor’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit Arrests Lawrence Township Man

January 27                   Mercer County Narcotics Task Force Seizes $100,000 in Cocaine

January 31                   East Windsor Man Arrested for Child Pornography Possession and Animal Cruelty

February 14                 Suspect Charged in Saturday Officer-Involved Shooting

February 15                 Stabbing Homicide in Trenton Under Investigation

February 16                 Trenton Woman Charged in Fatal Stabbing

February 22                 Trenton Man Sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole

February 22                 Kilograms of Heroin and Fentanyl Seized by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force

February 24                 Fatal Stabbing in Trenton Under Investigation

February 25                 Second Man Charged in August 2021 Ditmar Alley Homicide

February 25                 Kilograms of Cocaine Seized by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force

February 28                 Mercer County Prosecutor’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit Arrests Hamilton Township Man

March 2                       Double Shooting in Trenton Under Investigation

March 3                       Trenton Man Detained in Child Pornography, Sexual Assault Case

March 11                     Trenton Man Arrested for February Homicide

March 14                     Trenton Man Arrested for December Homicide

March 24                     Mercer County Narcotics Task Force Seizes Cocaine, PCP and a Loaded 9mm Handgun

March 29                     Mercer County Grand Jury Returns Indictment in the 2020 Murder of Dontae Barnes

March 29                     Bordentown Man Charged in August 2021 Fatal Crash

April 5                         Property Manager Charged with Embezzling and Laundering Stolen Funds

April 7                         Fatal Shooting in Trenton Under Investigation

April 11                       More Than $200,000 in Heroin Seized by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force

April 12                       Trenton Man Arrested for March Homicide

April 28                       Two Charged in Connection to Shimon Nesmith Homicide

May 2                          Juvenile Arrested for March Death of Tahaad Goss

May 26                        21 Men Arrested in Undercover Operation Targeting Child Predators Using Social Media to Lure Children for Sex

June 2                          Fatal Stabbing in Trenton Under Investigation

June 6                          Shooting Homicide in Ewing Under Investigation

June 6                          UPDATE: Shooting Homicide in Ewing Under Investigation

June 15                        Guns and Cocaine Seized by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force

June 16                        Mercer County Jury Finds Trenton Man Guilty in the 2018 Murder of 20-Year-Old Danny Diaz-Delgado

June 30                        Mercer County Grand Jury Returns Indictment in Murder of 9-Year-Old Sequoya Bacon-Jones

July 26                         Suspicious Death in Hamilton Township Under Investigation
 
 
 
August 3                      Third Teen Arrested for September Shooting on Bellevue Avenue
 
August 3                      Juvenile Arrested for June 6 Shooting Homicide in Ewing
 
 
 
September 8                Steinert High School Teacher Arrested
 
September 12              Shooting Homicide in Trenton Under Investigation
 
 

September 16              $45,500 in Methamphetamine Seized by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force

September 21             Shooting Homicide in Trenton Under Investigation

September 21             Suspicious Death Investigation in Trenton

October 6                    Former Princeton Public Schools Employee Charged with Stealing More Than $95,000 in School Property

October 11                  Shooting Homicide in Trenton Under Investigation

October 11                  MCPO Internet Crimes Against Children Unit Arrests Monroe Township Man

October 13                  Trenton Man Arrested in Connection to Suspicious Death Investigation

October 14                  Mercer County Homicide Task Force Investigation Leads to Arrest in May Shooting Homicide

October 20                 Body of Missing Princeton University Student Found

October 24                 Fatal Fire Under Investigation in Trenton

October 25                 Mercer County Homicide Task Force Investigation Leads to Arrest in Shooting Homicide of Daquan Brown

October 27                 Shooting Homicide in Trenton Under Investigation

November 10             Trenton Man Charged with the Murder of Corrine Daniels

November 17             One Dead, Two Others Wounded in Wednesday Evening Shooting in Trenton

November 23              Hopewell Township Man Charged with Murdering His Father

December 15              Cocaine, Gun Seized by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force

December 16              Mercer County Jury Finds Trenton Man Guilty in August 2020 Double Homicide

December 18              Fatal Shooting Under Investigation in Hopewell Township

December 21              Mercer County Prosecutor Warns of Telephone Scam

December 21              Mercerville Elementary School Teacher Charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child

December 23              Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder

December 23              Two Teens Arrested for the Shooting Death of Philip Urban

December 25               Philadelphia Man Arrested for Christmas Eve Homicide in Trenton

December 28               Update on the Death of Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie

January 18                   Shooting Homicide in Trenton Under Investigation

January 18                   Trenton Man Charged in Connection to Body Found in Trash Bag

January 23                    Two Charged in Connection to Donnell Williams Homicide

January 27                    $25,500 in Heroin Seized by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force

February 12                  Shooting Homicide in Trenton Under Investigation

February 21                  Two Trenton Men Arrested for Murder at the CURE Insurance Arena

February 22                  Trenton Man Arrested for September 2022 Shooting Homicide