• September 2023 – MidJersey.News

    September 22, 2023 Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that an Indictment was unsealed this morning charging U.S. Senator ROBERT MENENDEZ, his wife NADINE MENENDEZ, a/k/a…

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  • January 5, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    January 5, 2021 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–In its first full year of publishing, MidJersey.News reports 3,814,106 page views, 1,328,823 visitors with 2.87 average page views per visitor, and 1,707 posts published in 2020. Check out a small sampling of the 1,707 posts in 2020 at this link: MidJersey.News 2020 Year In Review If you would like…

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  • January 24, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    January 24, 2021 HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Around 9:40 am Hopewell Township along with several other area fire departments were dispatched to the 400 Block of Lambertville Hopewell Road for a house fire. The first arriving fire officer on scene reported smoke from the structure calling for a 1st alarm and a 2nd Alarm tanker task…

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  • January 30, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    January 30, 2021 Read update here: UPDATE: 3 Injured In West Windsor Crash WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Around 8:00 pm a multi-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Nassau Park Boulevard and Quakerbridge Road trapping two people in one of the vehicles. Firefighters from West Windsor and Lawrence Township responded for the rescue, West Windsor EMS-Emergency…

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  • October 4, 2023 – MidJersey.News

    October 4, 2023 PLAINSBORO, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Eamon Blanchard of the Plainsboro Police Department announced today that a Homicide is currently under investigation. Today, at approximately 4:37 P.M., authorities received a 911 call requesting a welfare check at a residence on Titus Lane in Plainsboro. Upon their arrival Plainsboro Police…

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  • December 1, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    December 1, 2020 By: Tyler Eckel **Arrests Stopped a Group of Alleged Gang Members Planning Retaliatory Shooting** Trenton, N.J. – Colonel Patrick J. Callahan and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that the New Jersey State Police have arrested 24 suspects for various drug, weapon, and local ordinance offenses and as a result stopped…

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  • Serious Crash With Entrapment In Manalapan – MidJersey.News

    February 21, 2023 MANALAPAN, NJ (MONMOUTH)–Around 4:10 p.m. Manalapan Police, Fire and EMS were dispatched to Route 33 and Yates Road for a motor vehicle crash with reported heavy entrapment. Upon arrival the Assistant Chief of Manalapan Fire Company confirmed entrapment. Mutual aid was called from Millstone Township Fire Department to assist with the extrication.…

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  • Trenton Shooting Makes 25th Homicide of 2020 – Ties 2007, Trenton Murder Record – MidJersey.News

    MidJersey.News update here: Trenton Man Arrested and Charged for Daylight Shooting Homicide in the City August 17, 2020, update 8:30 pm. Victim has been identified as Rahkeem Ortiz, 29, of Blackwood, NJ. TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office confirms that the Mercer County Homicide Task Force is investigating a shooting in the first block…

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  • Smith Announces Over $500,000 In Federal Funds To Help Toms River Volunteer Fire Department Recruit New Members – MidJersey.News

    February 16, 2023 TOMS RIVER, NJ (OCEAN)–Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today announced Toms River Fire District No. 1 will receive $508,256 in federal funds to help recruit and retain volunteers as part of the federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The Fire District oversees six of the township’s nine fire stations. “The vitality…

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  • March 24, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    March 24, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Union County Prosecutor’s Office has released body camera videos from the police involved shooting on February 12, 2022. Video below is age restricted 18+ please follow the link to view the video since it contains language and images that may be unacceptable or troubling to viewers. The case has…

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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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