Mercer-Mann is sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated sexual harassment of a minor

MERCER COUNTY, NJ – A Trenton man has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for aggravated sexual assault of a young girl, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said.

Taalibdin Shakir, 46, was sentenced on May 17 by Mercer County Superior Court Judge J. Adams Hughes.

A jury convicted Shakir of first-degree aggravated sexual assault in August 2023 after a two-week trial. He was convicted of sexually assaulting the minor on June 21, 2022 in Trenton. She was under 13 years old at the time, officials said.

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Under the No Early Release Act, Shakir must serve 85 percent of his sentence before being eligible for parole. Upon completion of his sentence, he will be subject to the requirements of Megan’s Law and placed under parole supervision for life, Onofri said.

Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Timothy Ward and Assistant District Attorney Christian E. Fisher prosecuted the case for the state.

The investigation was led by Detective Brianna Fleming of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Detective Gloria Phillips of the Trenton Police Department.