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Arsonist drove over 700 miles to start fire at Bensalem home as family slept: officials

  • A Michigan man named Harrison Jones, 21, has been charged with six counts of attempted homicide and arson for driving over 700 miles to set a house on fire in Pennsylvania.
  • The house fire on Merganser Way occurred at 5:22 a.m. On February 10, forcing six adults to evacuate, with some jumping from second-story windows.
  • Surveillance footage shows Jones arriving in a Volkswagen Passat before the explosion, and police used his vehicle's license plate to identify him.
  • William McVay, Bensalem Township Director of Public Safety, stated that it is clear Mr. Jones had murderous intentions given the long distance he traveled.
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Man drives over 700 miles to light ex-girlfriend's boyfriend's house on fire

Police arrested a man they said drove over 700 miles to light his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend's house on fire.

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Michigan man drives over 700 miles, sets fire to home of man who communicated with his ex: officials

A Michigan man has been arrested after police said he drove over 700 miles to set fire to the Pennsylvania home of a man who had communicated with his ex-girlfriend online.

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Police: Rockford man traveled to PA to burn home of ex-girlfriend's online love interest

BENSALEM, Pa. (WHTM/WOOD) — A Rockford, Michigan, man was arrested after allegedly driving to Pennsylvania to burn down the home of his ex-girlfriend's online love interest. According to the Bensalem Police Department, on Feb. 10, officers and the Bensalem Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire on the 5200 block of Merganser Way. Six adult residents were taken to the hospital after escaping from the house, some of whom jumped out of…

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Michigan man allegedly drove 700 miles with ‘murderous intentions,’ started house fire

Six adults were forced to evacuate the residence, some of which jumped from second-story windows.

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Mich. man sets fire to Pa. home of man who had communicated with ex-girlfriend, officials say

A Michigan man drove over 730 miles and set fire to the Pennsylvania home of a man that his ex-girlfriend had communicated with online, leaving six people inside the house hospitalized and two dogs dead, investigators said. On Feb. 10, at 5:22 a.m., police and volunteer firefighters responded to the 5200 block of Merganser Way in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, for a reported house fire. When they arrived, they found six people outside the house. All si…

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Arsonist drove over 700 miles to start fire at Bensalem home as family slept: officials

A Pennsylvania family awoke to a house of horror when officials say a stranger traveled from states away to commit a chilling crime of arson.

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BNO News broke the news in Tilburg, Netherlands on Sunday, February 16, 2025.
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