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3rd Accused Arsonist Arrested In Jersey City Bodega Fire
A 29-year-old man was the third person to be charged with torching a Jersey City bodega in 2019, authorities announced Tuesday.
Jeremiah Lane surrendered at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Monday, and was charged in connection with the June 9, 2019 blaze at Tribu Minimart on Princeton Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
The shop's two owners, Amado Gonzalez-Abreu, 38, and Francisca Duran-Tejada, age 47, were charged last October, Suarez said.
Gonzalez-Abreu and Duran-Tejada were charged with arson for insurance fraud purposes, while was charged with aggrava…
Bodega Owners Charged With Aggravated Arson In Fire That Damaged Jersey City Grocery Store
A pair of Jersey City bodega owners were charged with setting fire to their shop in June of last year, authorities said.
Amado Gonzalez-Abreu, age 38, and Francisca Duran-Tejada, age 47, were arrested at the Jersey City Fire Department Headquarters on Marin Boulevard Wednesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Members of the Jersey City Fire Department were responding to a fire alarm at 9 Linden Ave., in Jersey City when they noticed smoke coming from the first floor store at 343 Princeton Ave., around 6:20 a.m. June 9, 2019, Suarez said.
Smoke billowed from the three-story, wo…
