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Authorities: 12-Year-Old Boy Torched South Jersey Grocery Store Authorities: 12-Year-Old Boy Torched South Jersey Grocery Store
Authorities: 12-Year-Old Boy Torched South Jersey Grocery Store A 12-year-old boy has been arrested for setting fire to the parking garage below an Acme grocery store in South Jersey, authorities said. The Acme at Eighth Street and West Avenue was reported on fire at 12:53 p.m. Sunday and the grocery store had to be evacuated.  No one was hurt, but the store remained closed on Tuesday. Firefighters responded within minutes and by 1:15 p.m. the blaze was extinguished, authorities said. Damage was confined to the parking garage underneath the supermarket. The Ocean City Police Department, Ocean City Fire Department, State Fire Marshal’s Office, and…

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by Jon Craig