Crime & Safety
Trenton Man Charged With Murder In March 2020 Fatal Shooting
Ravel Stokes, 25, was charged after an investigation conducted by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force.
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — A Trenton man was charged Friday morning for the March 25, 2020 murder of Yuell Moore, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced.
Ravel Stokes, 25, is charged with one count of first-degree murder, 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 taken into custody Friday morning at his Oakland Street residence by the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Mercer County Tactical Response Team, officials said.
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At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 25, 2020, Trenton police responded to the first block of Hudson Street on a report of a shooting in progress, officials said.
Police said they found Moore, 29, laying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The prosecutor’s office said they have filed a motion to detain Stokes pending trial.
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