• August 28, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    August 28, 2020 EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–The East Brunswick Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a juvenile male suspected of stealing a package. On 8/27/20 a juvenile male was utilized in the theft of a package, located on the front porch of a residence. After retrieving the package, the juvenile male enters…

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  • Princeton Pathology Agrees to Pay $2.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations – MidJersey.News

    December 7, 2021 EWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey pathology practice will pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by making false representations in connection with submissions to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. According to the government’s contentions…

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  • Shoplifting Ring Busted By Jackson Police; Group Was Targeting Jackson Outlets Responsible For $60K Stolen Items – MidJersey.News

    November 3, 2022 JACKSON, NJ (OCEAN)–Jackson Police Department reports that over the course of the past two months, the Jackson Premium Outlets has been a target for professional shoplifting rings. Identifying this problem, the agency set up daily proactive details consisting of plain clothes patrol officers and members of the SEU to be at the…

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  • September 23, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    September 23, 2022 ROBBINSVILLE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)—Robbinsville Township Police reported that on Friday September 23, 2022 Robbinsville Police, Robbinsville Fire, Robbinsville EMS were dispatched at 3:44 p.m. to the BAPS Temple at 100 North Main Street in the Windsor section of the Township for a construction accident. Upon arrival police officers were directed to the…

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  • Robbinsville Firefighters Receive Lifesaving Ribbons – MidJersey.News

    May 21, 2020 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–Recently a few department personnel were presented with a Life Saving ribbon for an incident that involved a patient who experienced sudden cardiac arrest while at home. The patient had no pulse and was not breathing upon arrival. Fire department staff arrived and assisted with CPR and other life saving…

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  • Hamilton Fire Department provides mutual aid in Morrisville, PA house fire – MidJersey.News

    May 3, 2021 By: Tyler Eckel MORRISVILLE BOROUGH, PA (BUCKS)–A fire ripped through a home in Morrisville, PA on Monday, damaging a neighboring home, and cooking a vehicle. Hamilton Fire Department Truck Company 13 and Battalion Chief 10 were called in for mutual aid in knocking down the fire. It occurred sometime around 12:00 pm…

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  • May 4, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    May 4, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Attorney General Gurbir S.  Grewal and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner (DEP) Catherine R. McCabe announced today that New Jersey has filed suit to stop EPA from enacting a rule that eliminates long-standing federal protections for many wetlands, fresh water resources and coastal waters in New Jersey, in neighboring states…

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  • Troopers Stop Car, Arrest 3 and Seize $4,300 of Drugs On I-195 – MidJersey.News

    October 2, 2020 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–The New Jersey State Police have arrested Sean Fitzgerald, 20, of Litchfield CT, and Jahseem Sanders, 22, and Juwan Seaton, 23, both of Philadelphia, PA, and seized $2,000 worth of marijuana, $300 worth of ecstasy, and $2,000 worth of hallucinogenic mushrooms during a traffic stop in Robbinsville Township, Mercer County.…

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  • Man Arrested For Fatal Shooting In Millstone Township – MidJersey.News

    David A. Bulk, 71, is charged with first-degree Murder and a related second-degree weapons offense in connection with the death of 49-year-old Gerard Carpinello of Portland, Pennsylvania. August 2, 2022 MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–A Millstone Township man has been arrested and criminally charged with fatally shooting an acquaintance last month, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori…

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  • Two Arrested in Neptune Double Homicide – MidJersey.News

    February 4, 2022 FREEHOLD – Two Bayshore men have been arrested and charged in connection with the double homicide that took place in Neptune Township last month, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Friday. Gabriel Braithwaite, 19, of Keansburg and Jerod Dearin, 22, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen are both charged with…

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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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