• East Windsor Police Blotter Though March 1, 2023 – MidJersey.News

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  • Man Who Died At NJTP Rest Area Charged In Murdering Lawnside Woman – MidJersey.News

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  • East Windsor Township Police Blotter For March 2021 – MidJersey.News

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  • March 1, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    March 2, 2022, Update here: March 1, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department are investigating a Tuesday afternoon shooting in Trenton. According to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, just after 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, Trenton police responded to a Shot Spotter activation for multiple…

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  • Update: 3rd Alarm In 2 Family Home With “Collyer’s Mansion” Conditions Turns Fatal – MidJersey.News

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  • May 3, 2022 – MidJersey.News

    May 3, 2022 EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–At 5:51 p.m. a construction van apparently left the roadway and crashed through a guardrail possibly hit the bridge abutment before overturning at mile post 67.2, Exit 8 on the New Jersey Turnpike. Hightstown Fire Company, Robbinsville Fire Department, Robbinsville EMS, Hightstown First Aid Squad and Capital Health Paramedics…

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  • Audit, State Review Shows the Robbinsville Public Schools Are Well-Run and Accountable – MidJersey.News

    February 28, 2023 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–Mandatory financial audits and a comprehensive review by the state Department of Education show the Robbinsville Public Schools are financially strong and operating a peak performance. This is the third annual audit under Schools Superintendent Brian Betze and Business Administrator Nick Mackres, each year showing tight accounting practices and clean…

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  • Hamilton Township 2021 Calendar to Honor ‘Hamilton Heroes’ – MidJersey.News

    Residents and Businesses Are Invited to Participate & Support August 12, 2020 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin announces that the Township’s upcoming 2021 Calendar theme, ‘Hamilton Heroes’ will showcase frontline workers, essential personnel, as well as our residents and businesses who volunteered throughout our community during the pandemic.  “The theme for our upcoming…

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  • October 12, 2021 – MidJersey.News

    October 12, 2021 FREEHOLD, NJ (MONMOUTH)–A Monmouth County jury has returned guilty verdicts on all charges against a Hightstown man who fatally shot a Freehold woman as she drove along on a state highway three years ago, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Tuesday.        Kader Mustafa, 40, was convicted of first-degree Murder, second-degree…

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  • Update: Robbinsville Police Officer Released From Hospital After Being Struck By Car On Route 130; East Windsor Woman Charged – 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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