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Trenton Police Arrest Two Men On Murder and Robbery Charges

By Lependorf & Silverstein

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of a May 4 murder in Trenton. Patrick McFarlane, 19, and Roderick Armstrong, 20, were arrested in connection with the murder of 44-year-old Richard Mason who was shot and killed at the corner of Kirkbride Avenue and New Willow Street during an alleged robbery, according to this ABC News report. Both McFarlane and Armstrong now face murder, robbery and other charges and each is being held on $500,000 bail. Of all the violent crime charges in New Jersey, murder is probably the single, most serious crime with the gravest consequences. According to New Jersey state law 2 C: 11-3, a criminal homicide constitutes murder when the person committing the act deliberately ?caused death or serious bodily injury resulting in death...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).