90-year-old murder suspect will stay locked up pending trial, judge rules
Updated May 05, 2021;
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The 90-year-old Trenton man accused of gunning down his 65-year-old neighbor who looked after him will remain jailed pending trial, a judge ruled Wednesday following two days of testimony.
Clent Morris is charged with killing Cheryl Jones on April 24 on Sheridan Avenue in East Trenton, where they’ve both lived for decades. Jones’ family said she took Morris to appointments and generally looked after him for years since he could no longer drive and lived alone.
Morris’ defense attorney portrayed her client as a victim in the case who does not recall firing a gun, and suggested the gunman was Jones’ boyfriend.
90-year-old suspect in woman’s death will stay locked up pending trial, N.J. judge rules
Updated May 06, 2021;
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The 90-year-old Trenton man accused of gunning down his 65-year-old neighbor who looked after him will remain jailed pending trial, a judge ruled Wednesday following two days of testimony.
Clent Morris is charged with killing Cheryl Jones on April 24 on Sheridan Avenue in East Trenton, where they’ve both lived for decades. Jones’ family said she took Morris to appointments and generally looked after him for years since he could no longer drive and lived alone.
Morris’ defense attorney portrayed her client as a victim in the case who does not recall firing a gun, and suggested the gunman was Jones’ boyfriend.
Woman cared for 90-year-old neighbor charged with killing her, family says
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Clent Morris stopped driving several years ago, sometime in his early to mid 80s, and when he needed a ride, Cheryl Jones was there for him.
The two were neighbors on Sheridan Avenue in Trenton, not a block from city police headquarters, and Jones looked after Morris, who lived alone, taking him on errands or to medical appointments.
“She was the one who took him everywhere. My mother did it when he had one else to,” her son Carl Jones said.
“My mother was the only one who helped him,” added his sister, Latasha Jones.
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90-Year-Old New Jersey Man Fatally Shot Neighbor Following A History Of Dispute: Police
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The suspect reportedly had a history of dispute with the victim
Charges against the suspect are pending the completion of the investigation
Authorities in New Jersey arrested an elderly man Saturday after he allegedly fatally shot his neighbor.
Authorities from the Trenton Police Department were called to a home on Sheridan Avenue just before 6:30 p.m. regarding gunshots fired in the area, ABC 6 reported.
On arrival, deputies found a 65-year-old female victim outside the home suffering from a gunshot wound. Police found the suspect, Clent Morris, 90, inside the home with an eye wound, the outlet reported. He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.