• April 2020 – Page 2 – MidJersey.News

    April 21, 2020 TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy and Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride announced today that the state has secured relief options with private student loan servicers to expand on the protections the federal government granted to federal student loan borrowers. These new options stand to benefit an estimated 200,000 New Jerseyans…

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  • Pedestrian Struck And Killed In New Brunswick – MidJersey.News

    October 30. 2020 NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department announced today that a pedestrian was killed the evening of October 28 after being struck by a vehicle. The initial investigation conducted by Officer Peter Maroon of the New Brunswick Police Department and…

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  • TPD Requests Public Assistance Locating Missing Disabled Man – MidJersey.News

    October 30, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Trenton Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Douglas Cauthen. Cauthen is 57 years old, 5’06” and approximately 150 pounds. Cauthen was last seen in the 200 Block of West Hanover Street on Sept. 7, 2020. Cauthen is only known to frequent the area of West…

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  • Electrical Fire Snuffed In Foxmoor’s Andover Glen Section – MidJersey.News

    October 30, 2020 ROBBINSVILLE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–At 7:30 am the Robbinsville Police Department received a 9-1-1 call in Andover Glen from the 100 Block of Andover Place, for a bathroom fire with fire and smoke coming from the vent. Robbinsville Fire Department, Hamilton Township Fire Department, Allentown and West Windsor Fire Departments were dispatched to…

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  • August 2020 – Page 2 – MidJersey.News

    MidJersey.News stories on this shooting: Statement by Governor Murphy on the Shooting of Department of Children and Families Employee Vernetta McCray See MidJersey.News update here: UPDATE: Trenton: Woman Shot In Head Last Night In Critical Condition See last night’s MidJersey.News story here: BREAKING: Trenton, Female Shot In Head, Trauma Alert Called En Route To Hospital…

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  • North Hanover – MidJersey.News

    November 3, 2022 NEWARK, NJ AND NORTH HANOVER, NJ (BURLINGTON)–In an update to story MidJersey.News from yesterday, Homeland Security Investigations Newark Field Office and the FBI announced that the HSI Newark -led task force executed a targeted operation on Wednesday November 2, 2022 though Monmouth and Burlington Counties in New Jersey and New York, as…

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  • July 2022 – Page 2 – MidJersey.News

    July 21, 2022 CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for her role in a GoFundMe scam that gained nationwide attention, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jerome…

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  • October 11, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    Jose Sanchez, 58, of Monroe, NJ, is charged with third-degree possession of child pornography and second-degree file sharing of child pornography.  October 11, 2022 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported today that an investigation into online child exploitation has resulted in the arrest of a Monroe Township man. Jose Sanchez, 58,…

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  • Teen Struck On Bicycle In Trenton – MidJersey.News

    July 29, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Around 12:30 p.m. a teen was struck on Adeline Street. Trenton Police, Trenton Fire Department, TEMS and Paramedics responded to the scene. It appeared that the bicyclist was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center. No other information is available about the accident at this time. If updated information is…

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  • UPDATE: Police Report 2 Dead 4 Others Injured In Route 130 Crash This Morning – MidJersey.News

    Investigation continues at this hour and Route 130 is still closed as per NJ511.org November 11, 2020 Earlier MidJersey.News story here: DEVELOPING: Serious Accident On Route 130 In Cranbury Leaves Several With Life Threating Injuries CRANBURY, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Michael J. Owens of the Cranbury Police Department announced today that…

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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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