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Jersey City residents indicted in connection with murder of local teen ×
Jahquell Carter, Izmae Tinker-Trent, and Heavenley Cherry face various charges related to the murder of Tyeah Garner.
On February 11, a Grand Jury in Hudson County handed up an indictment of three codefendants for the July 6, 2020, fatal shooting of 17-year-old Tyeah Garner on Rutgers Avenue in Jersey City.
According to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, the indictment charges Heavenley Cherry, 19, of Jersey City, with Murder, a crime of the first-degree; Conspiracy to Commit, a crime of the first-degree; Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes, a crime of the second-degree; and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, a crime of the second degree.
3 charged with killing 17-year Jersey City girl are indicted by grand jury
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
Heavenly Cherry, left, Jahquell Carter, center, and Izmae Tinker-Trent have been charged in the murder of 17-year-old Tyeah Garner on July 6, 2020. (HCPO photos)HCPO
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Heavenley Cherry and Izmae Tinker-Trent, both 19, and Jahquell Carter, 25, all of Jersey City, were indicted by a grand jury Feb. 11 in the shooting death of 17-year-old Tyeah Garner on July 6 last year, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced Thursday. They were initially charged in late July.
The indictment charges Cherry with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and unlawful possession of a weapon. Tinker-Trent is charged in the indictment with hindering a murder investigation.
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There were 18 homicides in Hudson County in 2020. Why one Jersey City official thinks there should be fewer
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Hudson County Prosecutor s Office members and Jersey City police are seen on July 10, 2020, investigating the death of Yusef Mathis, who was found shot dead inside a car on Clerk Street. (Joe Shine | For The Jersey Journal)Joe Shine | For The Jersey Journ
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Jersey City is fighting violent crime with a multi-pronged strategy, but the state’s second largest city could use some help from judges and the criminal court system, Public Safety Director James Shea says.
“One homicide victim had 4 previous gun arrests, another one had two previous gun arrests,” Shea said during an interview about the city’s homicide rate in 2020. “The next one had three robbery arrests; the next one had three gun arrests and a murder arrest.”