January 10, 2025
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Raymond Hayducka of the South Brunswick Police Department announced today that a homicide is currently under investigation in South Brunswick Township.
Yesterday, January 9, 2025, at approximately 3:15 P.M., authorities responded to a residence on Route 27 in South Brunswick Township following the report of an unresponsive female. Upon their arrival, South Brunswick Police Department discovered Lauren Saldana, 38, of Freehold, unconscious. Saldana was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Initial investigation led by Detective Matthew Hagood of the South Brunswick Police Department and Detective Javier Morillo of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, determined that Roman Romanovskiy, 41, of South Brunswick was the alleged perpetrator of the acts causing the death of Saldana. Moreover, Saldana and Romanovskiy knew each other, thus it was not a random act of violence.
Romanovskiy was arrested without incident yesterday, and charged with first- degree Murder, second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and third-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Romanovskiy is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending the results of his Pre-Trial detention hearing.
The Endangering the Welfare of a Child charge was filed since the acts resulting in the victim’s death were committed in the presence of minors.
Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Hagood of the South Brunswick Police Department at 732-329-4646 or Detective Morillo the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-8843.
January 10, 2025
TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–An investigation conducted by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force (MCHTF) and the Trenton Police Department has resulted in the arrest of a New York man for the December 2024 shooting death of a 32-year-old city resident, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey announced.
Sean Wilkerson, 33, of Brooklyn, NY, is charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree felony murder, one count of second-degree attempted kidnapping, one count of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon. He was arrested on January 7 in New York by members of the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force. The prosecutor’s office will file a motion to detain him pending trial.
At approximately 5:51 p.m. on Sunday, December 22, 2024, Trenton police officers were dispatched to the 100 block of South Cook Avenue in Trenton on multiple reports that someone had been shot. Responding officers located the victim, later identified as Shakeem Lemach Davis, inside E&J Deli Grocery suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Davis was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where died a short time later.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact MCHTF Detective Tim Bruey at (609) 989-6406 or Sgt. Roberto Reyes at (609) 256-0997. Information can also be emailed to [email protected].
Despite having been charged, every defendant is presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Homicide Under Investigation in Trenton
Names of the 2024 Trenton Homicide Victims
- 01/13/2024 Eduardo Lopez-Cruz, 38, of Trenton, Shooting
- 01/16/2024 Stefon Locke, 33, Shooting on 1/16 died 2/8/2024
- 02/28/2024 Shawn Moore, 45, Trenton, Shooting
- 03/19/2024 Donnell Jenkins age 52, Stabbing
- 04/04/2024 Jose Alfredo Azcona Garcia, 46, of Trenton, Shooting
- 05/01/2024 Jerome Francis, 43, of Hamilton
- 05/01/2024 Chevaughn Fagan, 28, of Trenton
- 05/19/2024 Stephon Fisher, 18, of Trenton, Shooting
- 05/26/2024 Dwayne Penix, 20, of Trenton, Shooting
- 06/01/2024 Shydasia Merrick, 26, of Trenton (Hit and Run)
- 06/11/2024 Johnathan Applegate
- 06/23/2024 Samier Vincent, 30, of Trenton, Shooting, died 6/27/2024
- 07/02/2024 Capriest Ruiz, 23, of Camden, Shooting, died on 2/3/2024
- 07/04/2024 Amir Williams, 32, of Trenton, Shooting
- 07/12/2024 Johny Emmanuel Cruz-Rodrigez, Shooting
- 07/14/2024 Luis Torres Marrero, 47, of Trenton, Shooting 7/9/2024
- 09/22/2024 Opium Leverette, 17, of Trenton, Shooting
- 12/08/2024 Kristoffer Givens, 47, of Ewing, Shooting
- 12/22/2024 Shakeem Lemach Davis, 32, of Trenton, Shooting
- 12/27/2024 Michael Jones, 44, of Trenton, Shooting
Homicide Victims in Mercer County outside of Trenton: