WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Christmas evening, December 25, 2022, around 5:30 p.m. West Windsor Police responded to the area of 3466 north bound near an unoccupied auto dealership for an unknown person down on the side of the highway. The area of Route 1 where the person was found is north of Quakerbridge Road and south of Meadow Road and across from Buffalo Wild Wings. Upon arrival of police and EMS it was determined that the person was deceased. It was reported that detectives from West Windsor and the Mercer County Homicide Task Force responded to the scene for the investigation. Princeton Junction Fire Company responded to assist police with lighting of the scene for the investigation. It is unclear at this time exactly what has caused the death. The Middlesex County Medical Examiner was also on scene. No official information has been released about the death and the story will be updated as information becomes available.
TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–A Philadelphia man was arrested on Christmas Eve for fatally shooting a man in Trenton, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported.
Fausto Adalberto-Rodriguez, 45, is charged with murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses. He was taken into custody shortly after the shooting in Trenton. The prosecutor’s office will file a motion to detain Adalberto-Rodriguez trial.
The charges are the result of an investigation by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department. At approximately 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, December 24, 2022, Trenton police responded to an apartment in the 200 block of Walnut Avenue on a report of a man shot. Responding officers arrived on scene to discover the victim inside the second-floor apartment suffering a gunshot wound to the head. The victim, identified as Junior Rodriguez, 40, was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead a short time later.
The investigation revealed Adalberto-Rodriguez showed up at the apartment on Walnut Avenue around 7 p.m. looking to speak to his ex-girlfriend. He located her and the victim in the apartment and an altercation ensued. Adalberto-Rodriguez hit the woman in the head with a handgun, then shot Rodriguez and fled the scene in his vehicle.
Despite having been charged, every defendant is presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Fausto Adalberto-Rodriguez, 45, is charged with murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses. He was taken into custody shortly after the shooting in Trenton. The prosecutor’s office will file a motion to detain Adalberto-Rodriguez trial.
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