A Mercer County grand jury returned a seven-count indictment yesterday charging a Ewing man with killing his girlfriend last August. Carlos Ortiz, 51, was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree aggravated assault, two counts of...
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Krystal KnappMercer County resident charged with Superstorm Sandy fraud
A Mercer County resident is one of five people the New Jersey Attorney General charged with fraud today in connection with applications filed for relief funds because of Superstorm Sandy. Most of the defendants allegedly filed fraudulent...
Former Jewish Academy teacher pleads guilty to endangering the welfare of a child
A former teacher at the Shalom Torah Academy in Monmouth County pleaded guilty Friday morning in Mercer County Superior Court to two counts of second-degree of endangering the welfare of a child. Menachem A. Chinn, 40, admitted to touching the...
Hopewell Township reaches tentative settlement in affordable housing litigation
Hopewell Township has reached a settlement “in principle” with three separate landowners who are interested parties in its affordable housing litigation, including two intervenors, officials said. The agreements follow settlements in other Mercer...
Maryland man indicted for murder in 2014 stabbing in Hamilton
A Mercer County grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging a Maryland man in the death of a woman in Hamilton stemming from a 2014 stabbing. Yoon Choi, age 50, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was indicted last week on one count of first...
Price tag to taxpayers for Princeton’s affordable housing lawsuit: $180,000
Princeton officials underestimated the cost of challenging the town’s affordable housing obligation in court by 260 percent. The governing body is slated tonight to vote on a resolution that would increase the amount of money Princeton will...
Two Mercer County correction officers indicted in inmate assault case
A Mercer County grand jury returned indictments last week against two county correction officers in connection with the assault of an inmate in May of last year. Isaac Wood III, age 41, of Ewing, and Trachell Syphax, age 32, of Trenton, were each...
Princeton animal control officer arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting boy at Pa. park
Princeton Animal Control Officer Saul Nathan Barson was arrested by the Solebury Township Police Department for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old boy in a park earlier this month. The Solebury Township Police Department received information...
Skillman man held without bail in MCCC locker room child luring case
A Mercer County Superior Court judge today granted the state’s motion to detain a Skillman man charged with luring and lewdness offenses in locker rooms with children under age 13 last week at Mercer County Community College. Adam Woolf, 23, of...
N.J. Supreme Court: Towns Must Build More Affordable Housing
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that municipalities must offer more affordable housing for poor and middle-class families whose needs were ignored during a 16-year gap period when the state failed to calculate the towns’ fair...
Institute for Advanced Study, Civil War Trust Reach Compromise: Battlefield State Park Will Be Expanded (Updated)
The long and expensive fight over a Revolutionary War battlefield in Princeton is finally over. The Institute for Advanced Study and the Civil War Trust today announced jointly that they have reached a compromise regarding land the school had slated...
Teen Pleads Guilty in Crash That Killed Robbinsville Superintendent
The Robbinsville Township teenager charged with fatally hitting Robbinsville Schools Superintendent Steven Mayer in April pleaded guilty on Monday afternoon in Mercer County Family Court, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said. The driver...
Trenton Man Indicted in Murder of George Jamison Jr.
A Trenton man was recently indicted in connection with the murder of former Princeton resident George Jamison Jr., who was killed while he was waiting for a bus in Trenton in August of 2014. Jamison, a father of three who lived in Princeton for many...
