• October 29 -- A woman visiting the Mill Hill neighborhood was sexually assaulted about 9:30 Thursday night, just after she had arrived in the area of Jackson Street and Greenwood Avenue. The suspect reportedly approached the woman while she was walking on the street. The victim’s account to police said that the man struck her in the face, then threatened her with both a knife and a handgun (neither of which were produced) and forced her into the alley. When a resident noticed some books and other belongings lying on the sidewalk, he went to a neighbor’s house to investigate after collecting the items. It was determined the items belonged to someone who was coming for a visit.  The two men located the woman’s car and began to search for her. As they arrived at Davis Alley, a small, half-block lane between Jackson and Mercer streets, the woman emerged with a man exiting just behind her.  The suspect took off running and the neighbors pursued him, losing him down S. Broad Street near the arena. Police said the suspect was described only as a clean-cut black male, about 30 years old, wearing a tan jacket, dark-colored jeans, a black hat and a black do-rag.

• October 24 -- An aggravated assault stabbing occurred at approximately 1:30 am at Champions Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton, NJ.  The victim was identified as a 25-year-old African American male. At first the victim was very uncooperative and deceitful with the detectives by relating that after leaving a local grocery store he was approached by a group of masked man who stabbed him.  Further into the investigation the detectives learned that the incident happened inside the Champions Bar during an altercation, which resulted with the stabbing of the victim.  It appeared that the altercation had to do with some type of gang rivalry. The suspect was described as a black male wearing a dark brown or black hoody.

   

• October 21 -- An aggravated assault occurred at approximately 8:34 pm Wednesday in the 600 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard.  The victim of the assault, Winston A. McFarlane, 22, of Trenton, was treated at Capital Health System Hospital for numerous stab wounds and listed in critical condition, but stable.  Preliminary information revealed that a female was arguing with a male and that during the argument McFarlane attempted to interrupt the argument and during this time an unknown suspect stabbed him.  It was believed that there was a second male that rendered assistance to Mr. McFarlane and during his efforts he was injured, but his identity is not known at this time.  When the police responded to the scene they observed two black males running, one of the males was apprehended, identified as Alton Finney, 24, but the second black male was able to avoid being captured. During the investigation it was determined that at the present time there was not enough probable cause to believe that Finney was involved with the stabbing.   Finney was subsequently charged with obstructing the administration of law.  The suspects are described as 3 black males.

   

• October 17 -- At approximately 4:25 am Saturday, Orlando Rosales, 28, was involved in an altercation in the rear of a residence located in the 500 block of South Clinton Avenue. It was reported that a suspect described as a Hispanic male, 5’08” to 5’10”, small build, wearing blue jean jacket, blue jeans and a blue baseball cap, approached the victim and that during an argument he stabbed the victim multiple times.  It was furthered learned during the investigation that the victim was drinking with his uncle, when the unknown suspect approached them and for unknown reasons assaulted the victim and stabbed him.

   

• October 16 -- An armed robbery/aggravated assault occurred on Friday at approximately 11:30 pm in a residence located in the 1^st block of Third Street.   Detectives from the Trenton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau are investigating the circumstances surrounding the severe beating of two (2) Hispanic males.  Police units responded to a report of “shots fired” and that “someone had been killed.”  Upon the officers arriving on scene, they discovered two (2) individuals within the residence, both were severely beaten and both had sustained serious head and bodily injuries. Both individuals were transported to Capital Health Systems at Fuld Hospital and are currently listed in extremely critical condition, with both victims sustaining severe head injuries. The identities of the injured persons have not yet been confirmed.

  Preliminary investigation conducted by detectives indicates that the two injured persons (suspects) had possibly entered the residence at approximately 11:30pm on Friday evening with the intent to commit an armed robbery of the individuals that were in the home at the time of the incident. Both suspects were wearing ski masks and armed with handguns. The suspects had physically assaulted two individuals on the first floor of the house, forcing them to the ground, and they tied the victim’s hands with plastic ties. It is believed that other individuals arrived at the house to assist the victims and met the suspects with resistance. A violent physical encounter ensued and it was during this time that the two-armed suspects were severely beaten.  Several minutes after police arrived on scene, two male victims arrived at police headquarters reporting an armed robbery. One of the victims (a 60 year-old Hispanic male) had sustained a minor injury (contusion) to the forehead from getting struck by the suspects as they entered his home. The other victim (45 year-old Hispanic male) was not injured during the incident. The description given pertaining to the suspect is as followed:

                  1.  45-48 year-old Hispanic male, identity unknown.

                  2.  Hispanic male, identity and age unknown.

   

• October 15 -- An owner and an employee of a city pharmacy were tied up with duct tape by armed robbers Thursday night, police said.  Prescription drugs totaling $7,000 in value were taken during the robbery of Cagan's Pharmacy in the 800 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard, police said, but the two victims were uninjured. Deepa Chawlani, the 29-year-old owner of the store, was working alongside 42-year-old Fnu Shahab just after 10:15 p.m. when two armed men burst in and asked where the narcotics were, police said. Chawlani pointed to a wood cabinet, and she and Shahab were restrained with the tape while the robbers went through the cabinet. After grabbing bottles of percocet, endocet, and oxycodone, among others, the two suspects left. Police said the first suspect was described as a black male, between 16 and 24 years old, 5 foot 6, wearing a brown jacket, black jeans, with a gray and black scarf over his face and carrying a handgun. The second suspect was described as a black male, 16 to 24 years old, 5 foot 2, and carrying a handgun.

   

• October 7 -- A couple was forced to the ground and robbed at gunpoint while on their way to a Mill Hill bar. Police said a 24-year-old man from Ewing and a 21-year-old Hamilton woman had a handgun shoved in their faces about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday. The pair were near the Sun National Bank parking lot in the 200 block of South Broad Street when the attack took place. They told police they had just parked their car and were walking toward Joe’s Mill Hill Saloon at South Broad and Market streets when they were approached by two masked men — one of them pointing a pistol in their direction. Police said the gunmen forced the couple to the ground and robbed them of their cell phones, a wallet and cash before fleeing. The victims were not hurt. With the bandits’ faces partially covered, the victims could only describe them as black males wearing dark masks and dark-colored clothing.

• October 4 -- Another robbery occurred on Sunday at approximately 2:19 am in the 100 block of South Olden Avenue - Total Fuel Gas Station.  The victim of this robbery was Mohammad Khan, 61, of Hamilton Twp, NJ. It was reported that while Mr. Khan was on duty at the gas station a female suspect approached him and asked for money.  The victim related to the female suspect that he had no money.  A this time the female suspect sprayed the victim’s eye with some type of pepper spray and then hit him in the head, which caused the victim to fall to the ground.  The suspect then went through the victim’s pockets and removed $200.00 dollars in U.S currency.  The suspect then fled the scene.  The victim was described as a 40 year old black female, 5’00” tall, 160 pounds, wearing a plaid shirt and blue jeans.

   

• October 3 -- On Saturday at approximately 4:15 pm a robbery occurred at Mark’s Clothing Store located in the 1200 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard.  There were two victims, Dashon Silas, 19, of Trenton, NJ and Nicole Glenn, 31, of Philadelphia, PA.  It was reported that both suspects entered the store and started examining the merchandise as if they were looking to buy something. But, then both suspects left the store without making a purchase.  Approximately 20 minutes later the two black male suspects returned to the store.  At this time one of the suspects continued looking at the merchandise, while the other sat down in a chair.  The female victim attempted to speak to the suspect that was sitting on the chair, only for the suspect to suddenly slam the door shut and producing a long barreled black revolver.  At this time both victims were ordered to get on the floor.  During this time both suspect were deprived of their money and cell phones.  The suspects then fled the store. The first suspect was described as a 16 to 18 year old black male, 5’05”, thin build, dark complexion, clean-shaven wearing brown hoodie and blue jeans. The second suspect was described as a 16 to 18 year old black male, 5’05”, thin build, dark complexion with a fresh brush burn type mark on his left cheek.

   

• October 3 --  An armed robbery with a gun occurred on Saturday at approximately 10:10 am in on North Logan Avenue.  The victim was Carlos Estrada, 29 of Trenton.  It was reported that after the victim left a local grocery store and while walking home he observed the two suspects, but continued walking home.  At this time the victim was approached from behind and felt an object that was placed to the back of his head.  The object appeared to be a gun.  During this time the suspects went through the victim’s pockets and removed approximately $190.00 in U.S. currency.  After the suspects took the victim’s money they fled the area.  The first suspect was described as a 20 to 25 year old black male, 6’02’ to 6’03” tall, approximately 200 pounds, wearing a purple hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.  The second suspect was described as a 20 to 25 year old black male, 5’06” to 5’08” tall wearing all dark clothing.

   

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