A Toms River Man Has Been Charged With Arson at the Business Where He Was Fired
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January 21, 2022A Toms River Man Has Been Charged With Arson at the Business Where He Was Fired
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Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters and police responded to a sprinkler system alarm and discovered a fire in the basement, which Lakewood Fire Company firefighters extinguished, according to Billhimer.
Investigators discovered that someone had set fire to cardboard and paper in the basement with an open flame, and the inquiry proved that Euxaque-Ballesteros was the perpetrator, according to Billhimer. Authorities did not specify when he was terminated.The prosecutor's office said Euxaque-Ballesteros was arrested later that day and is being held at the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.
For their cooperative assistance in connection with this investigation, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Arson Squad, Ocean County Fire Marshal's Office, Lakewood Township Police Department, Toms River Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit.More News
