Suspect charged with starting Ocean County wildfire released on home detention

Suspect charged with starting Ocean County wildfire released on home detention

Prosecutors say that Kling picked up 10 to 20 wooden pallets from a recycling center and drove them into the woods, and used gasoline on two pallets to start the fire, and then eventually the rest of the pallets.

South Jersey man accused of starting a 15,300-acre wildfire is released with an ankle monitor

Authorities say Joseph Kling, 19, deliberately started the fire by soaking wooden pallets in gasoline and setting them aflame to start a bonfire that he left unattended.

NJ wildfire arson suspect released on electronic monitoring

The only adult to be charged with arson in the massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, has been released from jail wearing a GPS ankle monitor.