• Wrestling – MidJersey.News

    Exceptions: Collegiate level and professional teams. November 30, 2020 TRENTON-ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–Governor Phil Murphy announced in the COVID-19 Press Confrence and via Facebook that youth and adult sports are being place on full pause from December 5th to January 2, 2021. See below as we wait for further direction and a release from the Governor’s…

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  • Trenton Murder Body Count = 20 As Mercer County Homicide Task Force Investigating Another 2020 Trenton Shooting – MidJersey.News

    Another young man dead in the City of Trenton from senseless shootings the latest victim is: Jahson Phillips, 23 years old. Just 7 Days Ago 2 people were gun downed in murdered in the City while they were in their car. See MidJersey.News story here: 2020 Trenton Death Toll Rises to 19 As Detectives Investigating…

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  • October 4, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    October 4, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Public Information Officer Timothy J. Carroll confirmed that a 45-year-old male pedestrian was struck and killed by a white vehicle that fled the scene last night on North Olden Avenue between New York and St. Joes Avenues. The victim was transported by Trenton EMS and Captial Health Paramedics to…

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  • Two Shot On Tioga Street In Trenton – MidJersey.News

    Update: According to Detective Lieutenant Bethesda Stokes of the Trenton Police Department at 12:54 p.m. in front of 250 Tioga Street two Hispanic males were shot. The suspect approached the victim and fired one shot into the window at the first victim sitting in the driver’s side of the car. The victim was shot at least…

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  • UPDATE: Trenton: Woman Shot In Head Last Night In Critical Condition – MidJersey.News

    Shooting Victim Dies At Hospital Becomes Trenton’s 26 Homicide of 2020 Statement by Governor Murphy on the Shooting of Department of Children and Families Employee Vernetta McCray See last night’s MidJersey.News story here: BREAKING: Trenton, Female Shot In Head, Trauma Alert Called En Route To Hospital August 22, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton police responded to…

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  • March 31, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    Juvenile Arrested for March Death of Tahaad Goss; 14-Year-Old Charged March 31, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–According to the Mercer County Prosecutors Office, just after 9 p.m., Trenton police responded to a residence in the 100 block of Liberty Street on the report of a teenager shot. Upon arrival, they located a 16-year-old male suffering a gunshot…

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  • March 10, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    March 10, 2020 EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Route 130 and Route 33 closed due to accident investigation. East Windsor and Hightstown Fire Companies on scene and were detailed there approximately 10:30 pm. Police have area closed. No further details are available at this time. UPDATE: 12:30 am., Vehicles have been removed from the roadway and roadway…

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  • January 31, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    January 31, 2021 BORDENTOWN CITY (BURLINGTON)– Firefighters extinguished a vehicle fire that broke out at a car wash this evening in Bordentown City. Members of the Consolidated Fire Association, a fire department in Bordentown City, responded to the Valet Auto Wash in the 800 block of US-206 just after 5:00pm on a reported vehicle fire.…

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  • February 10, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    February 10, 2020 By: Dennis Symons, Jr. HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)—RJ Weise of the Allentown high school boys basketball team scored his 1,000 career points tonight at an away game at Nottingham High School. After scoring his 1,000 career point the clock was stopped and RJ was met by his family, coaching staff and team…

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  • May 12, 2020 – MidJersey.News

    May 12, 2020 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–A tractor trailer dropped its trailer at the intersection of County Road 526 (Robbinsville-Allentown Rd) at West Manor Way around 11:10 pm tonight. Robbinsville Police responded and found that a trailer was partly blocking the intersection and dispatched a heavy duty tow truck. The truck appeared to an Amazon Prime…

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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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