• October 3, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    October 3, 2021 TRENTON (MERCER)– The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department are investigating multiple shooting incidents overnight that left two victims dead. Just before midnight, police responded to the 400 block of Stuyvesant Avenue for a Shot Spotter activation. Upon arrival, an adult male with multiple gunshot wounds to the…

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  • Jackson Man Charged With Three Counts Of Aggravated Assault And Eluding Law Enforcement – MidJersey.News

    January 10, 2023 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Kevin Valverde-Cruz, 20, of Jackson, has been charged with three counts of Aggravated Assault and three counts of Eluding Law Enforcement in connection with incidents that occurred on October 18, 2022 and October 22, 2022, in Lakewood Township. On October 18, 2022, Detectives from…

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  • Police Investigate Death Of A Child In Franklin Township, Somerset County – MidJersey.News

    August 30, 2022 FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ (SOMERSET)–Detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office along with Franklin Township Police are actively investigating a child fatality which occurred within the jurisdiction of Franklin Township (Somerset County) New Jersey. Authorities have notified the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office who will be responding to conduct the investigation.…

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  • November 9, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    November 9, 2021, Updated December 14, 2021 with information from Hamilton Township HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Project Freedom broke ground for a new development with 72 units, called “Freedom Village At Hamilton Woods” today located at Justice Samuel A. Alito Way &Whitehorse Mercerville Road. Congressman Chris Smith thanked members of Project Freedom for the tremendous work…

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  • NY Man Arrested In Philadelphia; Charged With Murdering His Mother In East Brunswick, NJ – MidJersey.News

    December 27, 2022 EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Frank LoSacco of the East Brunswick Police Department announced today that Jason Gordon has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of his mother, Carmen Gordon. As previously reported, on December 22, 2022, at approximately 11:09 A.M., authorities received a…

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  • June 23, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    June 23, 2021 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the death of a man who was critically injured when his scooter collided with a civilian vehicle in Hamilton, Mercer County, on May 25. He died in the hospital two days later. The decedent has been identified as Francis De La Cruz Abad,…

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  • Van Crashes Into Family Dollar – MidJersey.News

    May 17, 2020 Photos by: Brian McCarthy OnScene News EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–A van crashed into the Family Dollar at the intersection of Princeton and Olden Avenues around 9:30 am today. Firefighters from Ewing Township and Ewing Township EMS responded for a reported person trapped in the van. One person was transported to the Trauma…

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  • Three Homicides Under Investigation In Monmouth County; Police Seek Public’s Assistance – MidJersey.News

    September 12, 2022 FREEHOLD – As investigations continue into fatal shootings that claimed the lives of three local men during recent months, authorities are making an urgent plea to the public for more information that might help make the difference in identifying and locating suspects and making arrests. “One of them had just spent time…

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  • Police Identify Woman Found On Side of Route 1 Dead In West Windsor – MidJersey.News

    December 28, 2022 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–West Windsor Police say that on December 25, 2022 at 5:23 p.m., Patrol Units responded to the area of 3466 US Route 1 North (an unoccupied former car dealership) on multiple reports of a possible deceased person.  Upon Patrol’s arrival, they located an unknown white female believed to be…

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  • May 12, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    May 12, 2021 By: Tyler Eckel WESTAMPTON TOWNSHIP (BURLINGTON)– The Burlington County Chiefs of Police Association held their annual Fallen Officers Memorial Service at the Burlington County Emergency Services Center The memorial service has been a longstanding tradition for the Chiefs of Police Association, held every year during National Police Week. The ceremony honors law…

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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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