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Archiocese of Newark

Prosecutor: Resident, 26, Used Gasoline, Cigarette Lighter To Ignite Franklin Lakes Church Fire Prosecutor: Resident, 26, Used Gasoline, Cigarette Lighter To Ignite Franklin Lakes Church Fire
Prosecutor: Resident, 26, Used Gasoline, Cigarette Lighter To Ignite Franklin Lakes Church Fire UPDATE: A 26-year-old local resident was charged Wednesday in the overnight arson fire that destroyed a Franklin Lakes church, Daily Voice has learned. James Mayers remained hospitalized in police custody after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Arson Investigations Unit charged him with first-degree aggravated arson that caused the destruction of a building and burglary. Mayers, who is unemployed and lives with his parents, was quickly taken into custody by borough police after the fire broke out at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Franklin Lake Road near High Mou…