Grady Blue was done being told to shut up and take the deal. In accepting a plea offer earlier this year, Blue III admitted gunning down 23-year-old Naquan Ellis as he was stood with a group of people outside of the North 25 housing complex in June 2014. He was being sentenced Friday to 12 …
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Talk about a downward departure. The plea deal went from 25 years with cooperation for a man charged with murder to a dozen years – without any explanation from prosecutors. Grady Blue III, 23, jumped at the plea deal Friday in Mercer County criminal court. In doing so, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge …
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A city man accused of fatally shooting Naquan Ellis must decide whether cooperating with the state in an unrelated case is worth getting five years shaved off his sentence as part of a plea package presented by prosecutors Monday. Grady Blue III, 22, was indicted in February on counts of murder, aggravated assault and weapons …
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A city man has been indicted in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old Naquan Ellis. Grady A. Blue III, 22, was indicted last week on charges of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and related weapons offenses in connection with a June 2014 shooting that killed Ellis and injured a woman. The shooting took place …
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Authorities announced on Friday evening that police arrested Donte Jones, 23, of Trenton in connection with the murder of Levonza G. Thompson, 36, of Philadelphia. According to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s office, the 23 year-old was discovered hiding under a pile of clothes in the third floor attic of a home in the first block …
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A Philadelphia man is dead after being shot near the Oakland Park Apartments Housing Complex on Coolidge Avenue around 11 p.m. on Friday, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed. According to scanner reports, police arrived on the scene to find a man unresponsive after he had been shot. The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and …
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Police have identified a man who was found Wednesday shot and killed in an alley, and they also arrested a city man in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Naquan Ellis. Around 7 a.m. Wednesday, police found a man suffering from gunshot wounds in an alley in the 400 block of Cuyler Avenue. The victim …
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Police are investigating two homicides that occurred within an eight-hour span. According to law enforcement, around 11 p.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to the North 25 Housing Complex off of Calhoun Street to investigate a shooting in progress. Upon arrival, officers found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds. A female was struck in the leg …
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