• September 3, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Florence Township Police Chief Brian Boldizar announced that the last known person to have seen Sheila Maguire alive before she was killed inside her Florence home is believed to have been found dead yesterday in Pennsylvania, perhaps from an apparent suicide. A body preliminarily identified as Peter Lestician,…

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  • April 8, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    April 8, 2020 , 10:33 pm update World: Cases: 1,484,811 Deaths: 88,538 United States of America: Confirmed cases: 432,132 Deaths: 14,817 Statistics from the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Tracker Click Here For Latest Numbers New Jersey: Confirmed cases: 47,437 Deaths: 1,504 We have 3,088 new positive #COVID19 cases, bringing our total to 47,437.• Atlantic: 168• Bergen: 7,874•…

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  • Quick Response By Trenton Fire Department Saves Home – MidJersey.News

    July 8, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Trenton Fire Department was dispatched to 650 Grand Avenue for a fire around 11:50 a.m. Upon arrival firefighters found a fire on the roof at the rear of a 2 family home and an “all hands” was called sending the full first alarm of equipment to the scene. Trenton…

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  • Update: 16 Year Old, Cape May Beach Patrol Lifeguard, Norman V. Inferrera III. Passed Away From Injuries Sustained In Lifeguard Boat Accident – MidJersey.News

    August 21, 2021 CAPE MAY, NJ (CAPE MAY)–It is with great sadness that the City of Cape May announces the passing of Lifeguard Norman V. Inferrera III.  Inferrera was involved in an incident which occurred off our Reading Avenue Beach on August 19, 2021. Based on current information, while rowing a lifeguard boat in the…

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  • AG Grewal Tests Positive With COVID-19 Rapid Test And Will Quarantine At Home – MidJersey.News

    November 11, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–“Today, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal learned that a staff member he had contact with at the workplace on Monday tested positive for COVID-19. Upon learning this information, the Attorney General took a rapid COVID-19 test which came back positive; a follow-up PCR test, however, returned a negative result.  The…

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  • Cops & Dogs 2022 Police K9 Calendar “Pawtographing” Meet & Greets Announced in West Windsor and Pennington – MidJersey.News

    November 30, 2021 WEST WINDSOR-PENNINGTON, NJ (MERCER)–On Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, from 10 a.m. to noon Mercer County Sheriff’s Officer Mike Mullen and his K9 partner Bodhi will be at the Dogs & Cats Rule pet store at 800 Denow Road in Pennington, N.J., to “pawtograph” the 2022 Cops & Dogs Police K9 calendar. Officer Mike Mullen…

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  • Hightstown Over Steinert Football 24-20 – MidJersey.News

    October 3, 2020 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Hightstown defeated Steinert this afternoon with a final score of 24-20. According to the Hightstown RAMS this is the first time since 2009 that Hightstown has beat Steinert in a game. With 2:37 on the clock & you put the ball in your QB’s hands to win the game……

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  • June 7, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    June 7, 2022 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–West Windsor Police say that on Monday morning, June 6, 2022 (Incident 2022-16615) the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Superintendent’s Office and the West Windsor Township Police Department conducted a joint investigation into a Social Media Threat/Post.  The investigation yielded the following; the “threat” was determined to be Non-Credible…

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  • Several Injured In Serious Crash In Trenton, NJ – MidJersey.News

    September 29, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Fire Department, Trenton Police, Trenton EMS and Captial Health Paramedics responded to the area of Greenwood and Chestnut Avenues yesterday afternoon for a serious crash with reported entrapment. According to a family member there were several injuries in the crash including 32-year-old, 34-year-old and two 5-year-olds. All injured were…

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  • December 27, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    December 27, 2021 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Around 6:00 p.m. the Robbinsville Township and Bordentown Township Fire Departments were dispatched to the area of mile post 58 south bound for a car fire. Robbinsville firefighters found the car on fire on the right shoulder of the outer lanes at mile post 57.5 on the Crosswicks-Hamilton Square…

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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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