Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate reports:
A teenager is accused of sparking the massive wildfire that continues to burn in Ocean County, New Jersey. Joseph Kling, 19, of Ocean Township (Waretown) was arrested and charged with aggravated arson and arson, officials announced on Thursday, April 24.
“We are confident that he intentionally set a fire,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said during a press conference on Thursday afternoon. Billhimer did not disclose just how officials determined that Kling was a suspect in this incident, but he said prosecutors were confident that they had named the right person who, allegedly, ignited the destructive wildfire.
“We used some investigative techniques that I don’t necessarily want to disclose at this time,” Billhimer said. “But, some technological advances, I can say, publicly, that we were able to place him at the scene.”
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