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Steven Johnson, of Little Egg Harbor, was ultimately caught hopping a fence to get to his neighbor's home on Revolutionary Road around 1 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Little Egg Harbor Township Chief of Police James Hawkins said.
Authorities had been conducting surveillance on the home as fires had broken out there on Jan. 6 and Jan. 10, Hawkins and Billhimer said.
Johnson poured a liquid on the attached deck of the home and then lit an object on fire, then dropped it on the home's deck, police said. Johnson left the premises and returned home, as officers put out the fire.
Then, they went over to Johnson's home and arrested him without incident.
Further investigation found that Johnson was responsible for all three fires at the Revolutionary Road home, the prosecutor said. He was taken to the Ocean County Jail, where he remains pending a detention hearing.
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