June 30, 2022
TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)—This morning Hawk’s Recovery and Towing Inc. donated 14 pallets of dog and cat food and other items to the City of Trenton Animal Shelter.
Owner Of Hawk’s Towing, Brian Hawkins. Delivers A Flatbed Loaded With Pallets Of Animal Food For The City’s Hungry Animals. Marge Wilson Caldwell, Brian Hawkins, & George Muschal with pallets loaded with pet food, 6/30/2022. On Scene News Photos By Brian McCarthy
June 30, 2022
FALLS TOWNSHIP/FAIRLESS HILLS, PA (BUCKS)–A large fire at a scrap yard in the Fairless Hills section of Falls Township send smoke billowing into Mercer and Burlington Counties this afternoon. The fire appeared to be coming from behind Mazza Iron & Steel a family owned and operated metal recycling company based in Fairless Hills. A large column of smoke could be seen for miles and 9-1-1 centers fielded calls about the smoke condition. Falls Township Fire Company along with many mutual aid fire departments were on scene combating the fire. Fire departments called it a “rubbish” fire on Solar Drive in Falls Township.
A video from Levittown Fire Company Facebook page here:
June 30, 2022
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–At 11:10 a.m. Lawrence Township Fire Companies were dispatched to a truck fire on Route 1 South Bound near Franklin Corner Road. Firefighters arrived to find a box truck well involved in fire. Firefighters pulled handlines and quickly extinguished the fire. Route 1 south bound was closed by Lawrence Police during the firefight. No further details are available at this time.
Above photos by: Brian McCarthy
A Mercer County grand jury returned a seven-count indictment this week charging Isiah Roberts with the March 2022 shooting death of 9-year-old Sequoya Bacon-Jones in Trenton
June 30, 2022
TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office reports that A Mercer County grand jury returned a seven-count indictment this week charging Isiah Roberts with the March 2022 shooting death of 9-year-old Sequoya Bacon-Jones in Trenton, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported.
Roberts, 19, of Trenton, is charged with first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree aggravated assault, fourth-degree aggravated assault and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun. He is being held in the Mercer County Correction Center pending trial.
The indictment is the result of an investigation by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department. Sequoya was outside playing with her brother and other friends in the courtyard of the Kingsbury Square apartments around 7:30 p.m. on March 25, 2022, when gunfire broke out. She was shot once in the upper body as she ran for safety. She died just before midnight at a hospital in New Brunswick.
The investigation revealed that a Facebook feud between two women led to a fight that preceded the shooting.
Assistant Prosecutor Michael Grillo presented the case to the grand jury.
Despite having been indicted, every defendant is presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Isiah Roberts
Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office reports that A Mercer County grand jury returned a seven-count indictment this week charging Isiah Roberts with the March 2022 shooting death of 9-year-old Sequoya Bacon-Jones in Trenton, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported.
Roberts, 19, of Trenton, is charged with first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree aggravated assault, fourth-degree aggravated assault and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun
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Isiah Roberts, Facebook File Photo 
File photo by: Brian McCarthy