Trenton News

Before they killed him, the intruders bound Frederick Tucker's hands and feet with duct tape, beat him with a pistol and seared his hips and neck with the tip of a screwdriver they heated on his kitchen stove.

Prosecutors say retired Stuyvesant High School librarian Christopher Asch and auto mechanic Michael Van Hise aimed to turn disturbing ideas into deadly action, while defense lawyers say the men just thought up scenarios no more real than horror films or violent pornography .

Two Brooklyn brothers have pleaded guilty to being part of a group of men who used violent means in exchange for pay to force Jewish husbands to give their wives religious divorces.

TRENTON - A former Rider University student was sentenced to a three-year prison term for her role in a fatal 2011 hit-and-run, in which she struck a Trenton man and fled the scene.

Markquice R. Thomas, also known as "Tank," stood on Martin Luther King Boulevard near the intersection of Rossell Avenue at about 3:45 p.m. Sunday and fired a handgun several times at Joseph Gaines who was seated in the vehicle parked outside a memorial set up outside the club, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office announced today in a statement.

The Oregon owners of a 22-pound housecat who trapped them in their bedroom after attacking their baby say they're not giving up on their pet and are getting it medical attention and therapy.

A key figure in a political payback investigation involving Gov. Chris Christie's administration has appeared in court to show she's not hiding from the scandal.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly, right, talks with her attorney Michael Critchley, left, as they arrive in court for a hearing Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Trenton, N.J. Attorneys for Kelly and former Christie campaign manager Bill Stepien were in court to try to persuade a judge not to force them to ... (more)

New Jersey Gov. . New Jersey Gov. . New Jersey Gov. . New Jersey Gov. By ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. - A key figure in a political payback investigation involving Gov. Chris Christie's administration voluntarily came to court to watch lawyers argue over whether her subpoena from a legislative investigatory panel should be ... (more)

Montgomery High's 22 Chase Ta gos to the basket against Trenton High's10 Kenar Gulley in the first quarter of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Tournament final at Montgomery on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

New Jerseyans are enrolling in Obamacare at a nice, steady pace, but they need to pick up the tempo in the final month of enrollment to meet the law's expectations, the program's advocates said Tuesday.

The final stage of construction for the U.S. Navy's Joint High Speed Vessel Trenton, the fourth ship to be named after New Jersey's capital city , started this week with a "keel-laying ceremony" at the manufacturing facility in Alabama.

A former high school librarian and an auto mechanic were deadly serious about plots to abduct, rape, torture and kill women and girls, prosecutors told jurors Tuesday, while defense lawyers said the men only shared vile fantasies no more real than horror movies or violent pornography.

A soldier dies for his country, his parents are presented with 2 Honor and Remember flags which they present to Bordentown City and the Veterans Memorial Committee is refusing to fly them at the city's Veterans Memorial.

In December, a 75-year-old man who was believed to be homeless died in Burlington County Jail while strapped in a "turtle suit" and lying in a pool of urine and feces, according to a supervisor inside the facility.

Reid Schar, attorney for the New jersey Select Committee on Investigation, enters the Mercer County Courthouse in Trenton this morning for oral arguments on the evidence in the case of the New jersey Select Committee on Investigation vs. Bridget Anne Kelly and William Stepien.

Watson Coleman wins CWA endorsement EWING - The Communications Workers of America Local 1039 has endorsed Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in her bid to replace U.S. Rep. Rush Holt in Congress, the campaign announced yesterday.

Legislation approved by the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee Monday could change the termination age for child support payments from 18 to 19 years of age.

File-This Jan. 23, 2014, file photo shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addressing a gathering at the Dudley Family School in Camden, N.J. Lawyers for a state legislative panel investigating a political payback scandal say a former aide to Gov. Christie has shown no valid legal reasons for refusing to comply with a subpoena.

Trenton Police on scene at 919 MLK Boulevard, the scene of a deadly shooting on 3/8/2014.