The convicted murderer who shot and killed 16-year-old Ciony Kirkman in a wild April 2016 gunplay incident has finally been punished for his deadly crimes. Peter Charles Jr., 20, of Trenton, received a 55-year prison sentence Friday as Superior Court Judge Darlene Pereksta hammered him for having no remorse. “There has not been any sincere …
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Guilty! That’s the verdict Peter Charles Jr. heard 16 times Thursday afternoon when a jury convicted him on all counts in his murder trial. Charles, 19, of Trenton, shot and killed 16-year-old Ciony Kirkman in a brazen April 2016 shooting in the city’s South Ward. With prosecutors presenting an ironclad case, all 12 jurors were …
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Mercer County officials have announced a 16-count indictment charging a Trenton man for the shooting death of Ciony Kirkman. Peter Charles, Jr, 18, was charged with first-degree murder and a list of lesser charges, according to a press release from the office of Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri Charles, of Bayard Street, was also …
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A 16-year-old girl was an unintended target in an ongoing feud between warring factions from the city’s Wilbur section and Jersey Street, prosecutors said Wednesday. Peter Charles Jr., 18, allegedly belonged to a group from Jersey Street, possibly the “130 boys,” a sort of neighborhood gang. Teenager Ciony Kirkman became unsuspectingly entangled in this dispute …
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A city teenager accused of killing 16-year-old Ciony Kirkman was quietly waived up as an adult last month to face murder charges in a random killing stemming from an apparent dispute over music disrespectful of a neighborhood gang. Teenager Peter Charles Jr. has been charged with murder, six counts of aggravated assault and weapons offenses …
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Prosecutors will try a city teen accused of fatally shooting 16-year-old Ciony Kirkman as an adult, officials confirmed. The 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder, six counts of aggravated assault and weapons offenses. His name and photo have not been released because of his age. Casey DeBlasio, spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, …
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A city teen was arrested last week in connection with the shooting death of 16-year-old Ciony Kirkman. Prosecutors say a 17-year-old male, whose name has not been released because he is a juvenile, was arrested late Friday at a relative’s house in the city and charged in connection with Kirkman’s death. Kirkman became this year’s …
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The teenage girl who was shot in the head over the weekend while in a minivan on Jersey Street was declared legally dead Tuesday night. Ciony Kirkman, 16, was declared legally dead at Capital Health Regional Medical Center around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Kirkman was inside a stolen minivan with a group of other kids when …
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