• UPDATE: One dead, three injured after serious crash in Hamilton – MidJersey.News

    March 30, 2021 See previous article here: BREAKING: Multiple people seriously injured in Nottingham Way crash By: Tyler Eckel HAMILTON TOWNSHIP (MERCER)– Hamilton Police are investigating a serious motor vehicle crash that killed one, and injured three others, Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred around 3:16 pm. According to police, a Hyundai Elantra, driven by Charles…

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  • UPDATE: 64 Year Old From West Palm Beach, FL Found Dead In Car Fire – MidJersey.News

    August 13, 2020 See last nights MidJersey.News story here: BREAKING: Fatal Car Fire In Hamilton Township On I-295 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–According NJ State Police spokesperson Sgt. Philip Curry, at 5:55 p.m., troopers responded to a car fire on I-295 north MP 59.6 (Exit 60 ramp) Hamilton Twp., Mercer County.  A Toyota Corolla traveling north…

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  • Head on Collision Sends Driver to Trauma Center via Medevac Helicopter – MidJersey.News

    January 25, 2023 Manchester Township NJ – On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at approximately 3:32 pm, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of County Road 530 near the intersection of Lacey Road to investigate a motor vehicle crash involving two motor vehicles that crashed head on. Upon arrival at the…

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  • WANTED: Mayra Gavilanez-Alectus, Charged With Murder–Update: Apprehended in Texas – MidJersey.News

    UPDATE APPREHENDED IN HOUSTON TEXAS!!! May 19, 2020 BRICK, NJ (OCEAN)–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio announced that Mayra Gavilanez-Alectus, 48, of Brick Township has been charged with Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1) in connection with the death of Rebecca Gavilanez-Alectus, 32, of Brick Township. Mayra Gavilanez-Alectus…

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  • Upper Freehold Accident Causes Power Problems – MidJersey.News

    April 26, 2020 UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–A vehicle traveling in the 200 Block of Route 526 “Trenton-Lakewood Road” near Rues Road lost control on a wet roadway and crashed into a utility pole. The accident occurred at 1:49 pm and causing the pole to break at the bottom and wires to catch fire at…

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  • Firefighters Extinguish Construction Dumpster Next To House In East Windsor – MidJersey.News

    May 21, 2022 EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Around 1:34 p.m. East Windsor and Hightstown Fire Departments were dispatched to a dumpster fire in the first block of Compton Drive. First arriving firefighters found a well involved construction dumpster next to a house with exposure issues and called for a full first alarm sending additional apparatus from…

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  • Trenton Man Arrested for December 18, 2021, Homicide – MidJersey.News

    January 12, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–A Trenton man has been arrested and charged for a December 2021 shooting homicide that occurred on Garfield Avenue, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported. Tevin Laster, 27, is charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon.  He was arrested…

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  • Traffic Advisory: Road Closed Allentown – MidJersey.News

    March 5, 2020 Church Street is closed from Main Street to Johnson Drive.  Allentown, NJ (Monmouth)–There is sewer line maintenance work going on today. As such, Church Street is closed between Main Street and Johnson Drive. Traffic is being redirected onto Johnson Drive, to Mechanic Street,  to Broad Street, and back onto Main Street. It…

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  • August 2022 – Page 2 – MidJersey.News

    Victims Include Minor and Women Held Against Their Will  August 29, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that eight defendants were indicted on first-degree racketeering and conspiracy charges in connection with a prostitution and human trafficking ring they allegedly operated in Mercer and Monmouth counties. During a four-month investigation, detectives…

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  • August 27, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    August 27, 2022 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Trooper Brandi Slota from the New Jersey State Police, Public Information Unit told Midjersey.News that there was a fatal crash on I-195 early this morning. The crash was reported at 12:10 a.m. on I-195 westbound at milepost 0.2 in Hamilton Twp, Mercer County. A Hyundai Elantra, a Western Star 4700…

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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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