Corrections officer shot and killed at nightclub
An off-duty Mercer County Corrections officer was shot and killed early Sunday morning at Baldassari's Regency in Chambersburg. It's a death that marks Trenton's 20th homicide of 2012."It was an act...
View Article$20,000 reward offered for information in correction officer's killing
The New Jersey State Policeman's Benevolent Association is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who shot and killed Carl Batie, a Mercer County Corrections...
View ArticleFundraiser for slain corrections officer to be held on Friday
A fundraiser for the family of Carl Batie will be held at The Big Easy on 120 South Warren St. Friday night at 8:00 p.m. Portions of the $15 cover charge will go to the Batie family and the event will...
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Bail stays at $1 million for accused killer of corrections officer
TRENTON (AP) — Bail will remain at $1 million for a Trenton man accused of fatally shooting an off-duty New Jersey corrections officer at a city banquet hall late last year.Maurice Skillman...
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Second arrest made in homicide of Carl Batie
TRENTON — A second man connected to the homicide of a Mercer County Corrections officer has been made. According to reports, Hykeem Tucker, 26, was arrested in connection with the Nov. 11 shooting...
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Lawyer: Client had nothing to do with Batie murder
By PAUL MICKLE pmickle@trentonian.com TRENTON — A lawyer Wednesday said his client — the second suspect in the Veterans Day shooting death of a Mercer County prison officer — was at the scene, but had...
View ArticleCarl Batie's obituary
From the Nov. 15 edition of the Trentonian:WILLINGBORO - Carl Kion Batie, 1985-2012, son of Elaine Batie and the late Carl Derry Jr. was born March 3, 1985, in Trenton. He departed this life suddenly...
View ArticleMan joins twin brother as murder suspect
A pair on twins now stand accused of murder, with each twin being charged in separate homicides.On Monday, the U.S. Marshals New York New Jersey Regional Task Force arrest Marquis Skillman, 27, in...
View ArticleCity sued over 2012 murder of corrections officer
Businessman Eddie Baldassarri is being sued, along with the city, for the shooting murder at his nightclub of a Mercer County jail guard celebrating the reelection of President Obama in 2012. The...
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Trenton man charged in relation to city shooting death pleads guilty to robbery
A man implicated with two others for his role in a deadly, gang-related shootout that ended the life of Rayshawn Ransom in June 2013 pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and is expected to be...
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Two Trenton men will face trial for shooting death of corrections officer
TRENTON >> Two city men charged in the fatal shooting death of an off-duty Mercer County corrections officer are being tried in the fall, a judge said Friday.Maurice SkillmanMaurice Skillman and...
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Attorneys focus on Trenton detective, but murder trial boils down to tapes
Inspector Clouseau sat in the front row of a Mercer County courtroom, listening as defense attorneys painted him in closing arguments as an incompetent investigator with tunnel vision who fingered two...
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Jury continues deliberations in corrections officer’s murder trial
A jury deliberated for a full day Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the murder trial of two men suspected of killing Mercer County corrections officer Carl Batie at a banquet hall in 2012.Carl...
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Odd question highlights jury deliberations in Batie murder trial
“Making a Murderer,” anyone?The hit Netflix series that spawned a legion of Internet sleuths may be encroaching upon the thinking of a Mercer County jury, which appears divided about whether two men...
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Trenton murder trial ends in hung jury, third recently in Mercer County
Carl Batie’s family, friends and colleagues dutifully showed up to court day after day over four weeks as prosecutors laid out the case against two men suspected of killing the Mercer County...
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Suspected Batie killer to detective: 'Kiss my black a--'
Hykeem Tucker took a drag from the cigarette a police detective sparked up for him. It was all “bullsh--,” he exclaimed.Offering to take a lie-detector test, he said the “rats” feeding city police...
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'Tex' was identified by FBI agent's confidential informant
A city police detective caught a “big break” while investigating the murder of off-duty Mercer County corrections officer Carl Batie.Trenton Police detective Scott Peterson testified under cross...
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Judge won't dismiss murder charges in Batie slaying, cop testifies about threat
Citing the "powerful" case prosecutors finished putting on Tuesday, a Superior Court judge refused to throw out murder charges against two men suspected of killing off-duty corrections officer Carl...
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Defense: Trenton detective looked to 'nail' wrong men for Batie murder
Carl Batie and his brother, Karshawn, were leaving the Baldassari Regency banquet hall in the early-morning hours of Nov. 11, 2012.They stepped out on the deck to get some fresh air, when Carl noticed...
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Trenton men convicted of killing Carl Batie in 2012
Elaine Batie clutched her son’s former co-worker outside a Mercer County criminal courtroom.They hugged for what seemed like minutes, swaying back and forth in unison.Carl Batie“It’s over,” the woman...
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