• May 21, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    May 21, 2021 By: Tyler Eckel HAMILTON TOWNSHIP (MERCER)– A tractor trailer overturned while attempting to enter I-195 Friday afternoon. It happened around 4:45 pm. It appears the truck made an attempt to enter the Eastbound lanes of 195 from South Broad Street, when it flipped onto its side. The driver self extricated himself from…

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  • September 23, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    September 23, 2021 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–On September 20, 2021 at approximately 9:45 PM, Hamilton Police were detailed to the Home Depot at 750 Rt. 130, on an armed robbery investigation.  Responding officers reported that two black males entered the store and removed several power tools.  In an attempt to exit the store without paying…

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  • Update: Ohio Man Charged With Robbing NJ Banks Including East Windsor, Lawrence Twp., and Mt. Holly – MidJersey.News

    November 16, 2020 NEWARK, NJ –An Ohio man who was out on bail for allegedly committing a bank robbery in the Chicago area and who is charged in New Jersey with seven bank robberies or attempted bank robberies will make his initial court appearance by videoconference today, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Tyler O’Toole, 23,…

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  • July 10, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    July 10, 2021 10:00 p.m. UPDATE: NJ State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez told MidJersey.news that the accident was reported at 4:49 p.m. south in the outer roadway at MP 70 in Cranbury Township. A Acura TLX collided with a Harley Davidson motorcycle. The motorcycle overturned and the rider was ejected. The rider, 33 year-old male…

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  • New Hanover – MidJersey.News

    Read related MidJersey.News story here: Former Inmate Charged In Drone Smuggling Operation At Fort Dix Federal Prison October 13, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)-NEW HANOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ (BURLINGTON)—A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was arrested for conspiring to use drones to smuggle contraband, including tobacco and cell phone chargers, into the federal correctional facility at Fort…

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  • September 3, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    Witnesses could see smoke from 4 miles away September 3, 2021 By: Tyler Eckel, Dennis Symons EAST WINDSOR (MERCER)– On Friday, September 3, 2021 at approximately 2:50 p.m., patrol units responded to an abandoned building at 82 Hickory Corner Road Extension, between Route 130 and Mercer Street for a report of a structure fire. A…

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  • Multi-Alarm Blaze Damages Three Homes on Tyler Street in Trenton – MidJersey.News

    March 8, 2022 TRENTON (Mercer) – Several pets were killed in a multi-alarm blaze that damaged three homes on Tyler Street this morning (Tuesday, March 8). Trenton firefighters were already busy simultaneously handling several other assignments when a 911 caller reported a house fire on Tyler Street, between South Clinton Avenue and East Canal Street,…

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  • October 26, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    Kyale Simonson, 32, of East Windsor was charged with two counts of first-degree Attempted Murder, one count of second-degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and one count of second-degree Possession of a Handgun without a Permit. October 26, 2020 NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A.…

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  • House Fire on Berg Avenue in Hamilton – MidJersey.News

    December 25, 2020 By: Tyler Eckel HAMILTON (MERCER): Hamilton Fire Departments responded to the 100 block of Berg Avenue around 2:55 pm for a reported fire in the living room. Fire Departments arrived on scene with smoke showing and the “all hands” was called. Two lines were used to quickly knock down the bulk of…

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  • April 9, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    April 9, 2021 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–West Windsor Emergency Services and Princeton Junction Fire Department responded to 3490 Route 1 North, Building 19 for a carbon monoxide alarm around 6:15 pm. Upon arrival firefighters using their meters reported that they were getting readings of 50,000 parts per million of carbon monoxide and a very high…

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January 20, 2022

PEMBERTON, NJ (BURLINGTON)–Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief Jason Watters announced that a 54-year-old Pemberton Township woman has been charged with driving while impaired and causing the death of a teenage motorist late last year during a head-on collision that occurred after she left a Browns Mills bar.

Wanda Sprague, of the 200 block of Pemberton Browns Mills Road, was charged with Reckless Manslaughter (First Degree) and Vehicular Homicide (Second Degree). During a first appearance in Superior Court this afternoon, the Hon. Terrence R. Cook, P.J.Cr., ordered her not to have any contact with the victim’s family. The case will now be prepared for presentation to a grand jury for possible indictment.

The investigation began December 16 after officers from the Pemberton Township Police Department were dispatched to the area of Lakehurst Road and Rancocas Lane for a report of a motor vehicle accident at approximately 9:15 p.m.

The investigation determined that the headlights on Sprague’s Chrysler 300 were not turned on when she crashed head on into a Nissan Sentra being driven by Kayla Bowen, 17, of Pemberton Township. Ms. Bowen was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation further determined that Sprague had been consuming alcohol prior to the crash at a nearby bar, and reached a speed exceeding 90 mph prior to the collision. She suffered extensive injuries from which she is still recovering.

In addition to the criminal charges, Sprague was issued multiple traffic citations, including Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs. She is being prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Joshua Dennis, supervisor of the BCPO Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit.

The investigation was conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Pemberton Township Police Department, with assistance from the New Jersey State Police. The lead investigators are BCPO Detectives Brian Cunningham and Melyssa Alonso, and PTPD Detective Joshua Mann.

All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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