• November 7, 2019 – MidJersey.News

    Sign up for this 5K/1 Mile Walk this weekend that will support the ONE Project. The donations for the ONE Project will go towards supporting our friend Dave Doran, who has done so much to promote diversity and equality in the community through service! Sign up at this link: https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/HamiltonTownship/RunAs1?fbclid=IwAR06uZJiC2RsTgiPL9mNxn-W2QzfDfS4-BYtTMtlrRtl6WD9WXIQs05QiPc PLACE: Hamilton Veterans Park2206 Kuser…

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  • April 30, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    Update April 30, 2020 at 6 pm. West Windsor Press Release added to the story. Update April 30, 2020 at 1 pm. Route 1 had been reopened. April 30, 2020 at 10:45 am. WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Route 1 South Bound at Harrison Street is closed to a serious MVA. It is reported two persons are…

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  • October 28, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    October 28, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)– A fire involving a pile of junked cars sent a towering column of smoke looming up over the northern end of the city this evening (Friday, Oct. 28). The blaze, which involved more than a dozen old vehicles, occurred at a junkyard in the 300 block of Enterprise Avenue.…

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  • October 15, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    October 15, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–New Jersey Department of Health announced today that more homes within municipalities served by Trenton Water Works just days after the Murphy Administration announced they would launch an initiative to better support and improve TWW Back on September 22, 2021, four cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in Hamilton Township, Mercer…

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  • January 30, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    The Allentown FFA Parents, Alumni, and Friends (PAF) will be hosting the 13th Annual Gift Auction andSpaghetti Dinner on March 21st, 2020 at 6:00PM at the Hope Fire House, 82 County Road 526 in Allentown, NJ. Doors will open at 5:30PM.  The Allentown FFA PAF provides support to the Allentown FFA Chapter of Allentown High…

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  • Trenton Shooting: One 16 Year Old Killed, Another 16 Year Old At Hospital – MidJersey.News

    7/9/2021 UPDATE: 30 Year-Old Trenton Man Arrested In Murder of 16-Year-Old Dion Ellis UPDATE: 16 Year Old Killed In Shooting Was City Of Trenton Lifeguard, Other 16 Year Old Shot In Leg July 5, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police are investigating the shooting of two 16-year-old males…

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  • Eight arrests made by Internet Crimes Against Children Unit – MidJersey.News

    May 14, 2021 Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced today that six County residents have been arrested for their possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of children.           On May 13, 2021, officers of the East Brunswick, Edison, Highland Park, Monroe, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Perth Amboy, and Sayreville Police Departments along…

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  • Neptune NJ Woman Charged With Stealing $146K From Former Employer – MidJersey.News

    December 7, 2022 FREEHOLD – A local woman has been criminally charged with stealing more than $146,000 from her former employer over the course of about five years, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Wednesday. Jodi L. Vanaman, 47, of Neptune Township is charged with second-degree Theft by Unlawful Taking. The charge marks the…

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  • June 23, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    June 23, 2020 MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–New Jersey State Police said a fatal accident was reported on Carrs Tavern Rd at 3:18 pm. State Police said that preliminary details indicate that a Buick Century traveling on Carrs Tavern Road ran off the roadway and into several bushes. The driver of the Buick was pronounced dead…

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  • May 23, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    Shooting victim’s name released more information to follow Photos and video by: Brian McCarthy, OnScene News TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton police responded to a Shot Spotter activation in the 100 block of Brunswick Avenue this afternoon at about 1:40.  They located the victim, 58-year-old Watson Cogdell, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.  He was transported to the hospital…

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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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