Family members of a now-deceased Trenton man left the courtroom disgusted and with one lingering question after a jury returned a mixed-bag verdict late Thursday in the attempted murder trial of reputed Latin Kings gang member Juan Colon. Barbara Cruz, aunt of 28-year-old Orlando “Coco” Sanchez, wanted to know why, if Colon had nothing to …
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A reputed member of the Latin Kings street gang elected not to testify in his attempted murder trial, but prosecutors are hoping an untaped confession he made to detectives inside a Florida interrogation room is enough to convince a jury, which began deliberations Wednesday, to reach a guilty verdict. Juan Colon, 46, was arrested in …
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Trenton - Juan Colon, 44, was indicted on criminal attempted murder charges last Wednesday for shooting at Orlando Sanchez two weeks before he was murdered. On Aug. 25, 2012, Colon allegedly went to Sanchez’ Elm Street home, where his girlfriend was sleeping at the time. Sanchez, 28, answered the door and Colon reportedly told him …
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Orlando Sanchez, a 28-year-old food worker at The College of New Jersey, was gunned down near the corner of Smith and Beatty streets in the city’s South Ward on the afternoon of Sept. 8. http://www.trentonian.com/article/20120909/NEWS01/120909444/man-shot-dead-in-trenton-s-south-ward
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