• Robbinsville Police Blotter for November 2021 – MidJersey.News

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  • September 18, 2022 – MidJersey.News

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  • September 9, 2022 – MidJersey.News

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  • Second Fatal Train Accident In Less Than 24 Hours, This Time On the RiverLine – MidJersey.News

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  • Lakewood, New Jersey Business Owner Charged in Alleged Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premium Fraud Scheme – MidJersey.News

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  • May 21, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    May 21, 2021 By: Tyler Eckel HAMILTON TOWNSHIP (MERCER)– A tractor trailer overturned while attempting to enter I-195 Friday afternoon. It happened around 4:45 pm. It appears the truck made an attempt to enter the Eastbound lanes of 195 from South Broad Street, when it flipped onto its side. The driver self extricated himself from…

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  • September 23, 2021 – MidJersey.News

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  • Update: Ohio Man Charged With Robbing NJ Banks Including East Windsor, Lawrence Twp., and Mt. Holly – MidJersey.News

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  • July 10, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    July 10, 2021 10:00 p.m. UPDATE: NJ State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez told MidJersey.news that the accident was reported at 4:49 p.m. south in the outer roadway at MP 70 in Cranbury Township. A Acura TLX collided with a Harley Davidson motorcycle. The motorcycle overturned and the rider was ejected. The rider, 33 year-old male…

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  • New Hanover – MidJersey.News

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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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