• April 23, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    April 23, 2023 MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ (OCEAN)–On Sunday, April 23, 2023, at approximately 3:41 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Pasadena Road near the intersection of Mount Misery Road in the Whiting section of the Township to investigate the report of a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle…

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  • April 20, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    April 21, 2023 — SHOOTING UPDATE The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department are investigating a shooting that occurred on the 200 block of Hamilton Avenue last night. At approximately 10:28 p.m., Trenton Police were dispatched to 266 Hamilton Avenue on a report of shots fired with multiple people shot.  Police officers…

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  • March 27, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    March 27, 2023 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office had identified last night’s fatal shooting victim as Nyeisha Saunders, 41, of Trenton. Ms. Saunders’ 19-year-old son is the surviving victim who was shot in the hand. Police have identified Antione Brown, 46, of Trenton, as the individual who shot Ms. Saunders and her son…

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  • Another Dead Whale This Time Off Seaside Park, New Jersey – MidJersey.News

    March 1, 2023 SEASIDE PARK, NJ (OCEAN)–Around noon today another dead whale was spotted floating off Seaside Park near L Street. Ryan Mack of Jersey Shore Fire Response was on scene and provided a photograph of the dead whale one March 1, 2023. Calls On Biden Administration To Suspend Offshore Wind Projects Over Whale Deaths…

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  • AG’s Office Investigating Shooting at NJ Turnpike’s Clara Barton Service Area – MidJersey.News

    February 28, 2023 PEDRICKTOWN, NJ (SALEM) — The Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the circumstances of the shooting of one male civilian today at approximately 1:45 p.m. in the presence of law enforcement at the New Jersey Turnpike’s Clara Barton Service Area in Pedricktown, Salem County, New Jersey. The incident involved members of the New Jersey State Police…

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  • 2-Alarm House Fire In Brick Township, NJ – MidJersey.News

    April 3, 2023 BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ (OCEAN)–Around 2:15 p.m. April 2, 2023, Brick Township recieved a reported car fire in the driveway of 39 Garden Avenue with reported exposures. Shortly after, police arrived and confirmed there was a car fire and that it had already extended to the home. Chief 2300 arrived and sized up…

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  • Robbinsville Township Council Issues Statement Regarding BAPS Investigation – MidJersey.News

    April 10, 2023 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)—This morning the Robbinsville Township Council has issued a statement regarding an investigation of BAPS. The full statement is below: Members of Township Council are profoundly disturbed by the recent findings at dwellings on North Main Street and Voelbel Road. The conditions found within those buildings, the number of occupants residing there,…

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  • March 23, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    March 23, 2023 MANCHESTER, NJ (OCEAN)–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that the victim who perished in the residential fire on Heron Street in Manchester Township on Sunday, March 19, 2023, has been identified as Katarina Seboova, 73, an occupant of the residence. On March 20, 2023, the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office performed…

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  • March 26, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    March 27, 2023 UPDATE: TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office had identified last night’s fatal shooting victim as Nyeisha Saunders, 41, of Trenton. Ms. Saunders’ 19-year-old son is the surviving victim who was shot in the hand. Police have identified Antione Brown, 46, of Trenton, as the individual who shot Ms. Saunders and her…

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  • April 3, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    April 3, 2023 UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–The National Weather Service Mount Holly has determined that tornadoes hit the Crosswicks, Allentown-Cream Ridge areas during the storms of April 1, 2023. The National Weather Service determined them to be in the EF-1 range with an estimated maximum of 90 MPH. Further details will be are yet…

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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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