• Drug Bust at Exit 7A in Robbinsville; $212.5K in Heroin and $1K in Coke Seized – MidJersey.News

    April 11, 2022 A month-long investigation into narcotics distribution in the Trenton area has culminated with the arrest of a Trenton man and the seizure of $212,500 in heroin, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported. On Tuesday, April 7, 2022, as part of an ongoing investigation being conducted by members of the Mercer County…

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  • Neptune Township Special Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Using Law Enforcement Database For Non-Law Enforcement Purpose – MidJersey.News

    August 6, 2020 FREEHOLD, NJ (MONMOUTH)–A Neptune Township Special Class 1 Police Officer pleaded guilty to computer theft today admitting he used a law enforcement database for a non-law enforcement purpose, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Syessence Davis, 27, of Neptune Township, pleaded guilty to third degree Computer Theft before Monmouth County Presiding…

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  • Asbury Park Man Convicted at Trial for Home Invasion, Sexual Assault – MidJersey.News

    September 30, 2023 FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Jury has returned convictions against an Asbury Park man who a little more than two years ago entered a stranger’s home, threatened and robbed two occupants at knifepoint, and sexually assaulted one of them, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Friday. Shawn Connolly, 36, was found…

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  • Mercer County Jury Finds Trenton Man Guilty in August 2020 Double Homicide – MidJersey.News

    September 22, 2023 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER) – Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced that a Trenton man was convicted by a jury this week for the August 9, 2020 double homicide on Centre Street in Trenton. On September 21, 2023, Tyzir Hamilton, 22, was convicted on all counts of the indictment, including two counts…

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  • July 22, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    July 22, 2023 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–Firefighters saved a large, approximately 350,000 square foot warehouse from extensive damage, after equipment on the roof created a large fire with smoke that could be seen for miles, this afternoon. At 5:05 p.m. the Robbinsville Township Fire Department was dispatched to the McKesson Corporation warehouse at 1 John Henry…

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  • June 22, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    Superseding Indictment Adds Charges Against Members and Associates of the Fulton Locos Salvatruchas Clique of MS-13, Including National Gang Leader Edenilson Velasquez Larin Oscar Hernandez Baires (also known as “Pinky,” “Duende,” “Roco,” and “Renuente”) Age: 23 Trenton, New Jersey June 22, 2023 A 48-count, superseding indictment was unsealed yesterda in federal court in Brooklyn charging 23…

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  • July 24, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    July 24, 2023 TOMS RIVER, NJ (OCEAN)–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on July 24, 2023, Ashley Beams, 32, of Toms River Township, pled guilty to Vehicular Homicide before the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, P.J.Cr.P., in connection with a motor vehicle crash that occurred in Toms River on February 8, 2022, resulting in…

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  • Robbinsville Ice Hockey Shuts Out Lawrence 6-0 – MidJersey.News

    February 11, 2022 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–The Robbinsville – Allentown High School Cooperative Ice Hockey team shuts out Lawrence Township High School with a final score of 6-0 in the Mercer County Tournament. The Robbinsville – Allentown will advance to the semifinal round to be held at 8:00 p.m. on February 16, 2022. The match…

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  • July 11, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    HAMILTON, NJ – Hamilton Township Mayor Jeff Martin continues to increase open space preservation through foreclosure on certain properties.     The Hamilton Township Council recently authorized the Township to foreclose on six properties totaling almost 50 acres to be preserved for Open Space. The delinquent liens on these six properties totaled over $1 million owed to the…

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  • June 11, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    June 11, 2023- Updated June 12, 2023 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department are investigating a shooting that occurred Sunday night in the city, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported. At approximately 8:10 PM, the Mercer County Homicide Task Force responded to Donnelly Homes, on Willow Avenue,…

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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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