Majd Abdallah, a 27-year-old Jordanian national, was arrested following an investigation into the Feb. 21 blaze, which broke out in a common basement area below Emilia Romagna Pizza & Ristorante on Valley Boulevard shortly before 8 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
He’s charged with several counts of aggravated arson and burglary, Musella said.
No injuries were reported were in the two-alarm blaze. Firefighters from Carlstadt, Little Ferry, Lodi and Moonachie provided mutual aid.
Working sprinklers prevented a potential disaster, responders at the scene said, while citing separate points of ignition.
That brought detectives from Musella’s Major Crimes Unit Arson Task Force who investigated with Wood-Ridge police.
Abdallah remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, March 2, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, following his arrest the day before.
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