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Bail for NJ man who allegedly killed corrections officer kept at $1 million

Carl Batie, a 27-year-old corrections officer, was shot while he was off-duty and attending a party

By Jenna Pizzi
The Times of Trenton

TRENTON — Bail was maintained at $1 million this morning for a Trenton man who allegedly shot and killed a Mercer County corrections officer in November.

Maurice Skillman, 26, appeared for the hearing by video from the Passaic County Correction Center, where he is being held.

Carl Batie, a 27-year-old corrections officer, was shot while he was off-duty and attending a party at the Baldassari Regency in Trenton on Nov. 11 at around 1:15 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after the shooting.

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