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Teen Firebug Torched Vehicle In MD Lot: Fire Marshal

More than a week after a Toyota was intentionally set on fire in Washington County, authorities announced that a teenage suspect has been taken into custody.

Jaden William Kline

Jaden William Kline

Photo Credit: Office of The State Fire Marshal

Jaden William Kline, 18, of Hagerstown, is facing charges after admitting to intentionally setting a Toyota Land Cruiser on fire in a seeming act of vandalism, the Maryland Fire Marshal announced.

It is alleged that shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 25, members of the Hagerstown Police and Fire departments were called to Land Cruiser Heaven on Frederick Street in Hagerstown, where there was a reported vehicle fire that was threatening to spread to a local home.

Investigators say that Kline admitted to intentionally taking combustibles from a separate Toyota Land Cruiser, placing them in the second vehicle, the lit them on fire using a cigarette lighter.

Kline was charged with:

  • Malicious burning;
  • Malicious destruction of property over $1,000;
  • Rogue and vagabond;
  • Theft of less than $100.

He is being held without bond at the Washington County Detention Center.

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