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A man has been arrested and charged with six counts of attempted homicide
after driving over 700 miles and allegedly setting fire to the home of a
man who had been communicating with his ex-girlfriend, police said.
The alleged arson took place at 5:22 a.m. on Feb. 10 in Bensalem,
Pennsylvania, when the Bensalem Township Police and the Bensalem Volunteer
Fire Department responded to the 5200 block of Merganser Way to a report
of a dwelling fire, according to a statement from the Bensalem Police Department on Monday.
“Upon arrival, emergency services located six adult residents who had
evacuated from the home, some of whom had to jump out of second-story
windows to escape the flames,” police said. “Fire engulfed the two-story single-family dwelling, which resulted in a total loss. Two dogs perished
in the fire, and the six adults were transported to nearby hospitals with injuries.”
Officials from the Bensalem Fire Rescue and Bensalem Police Detectives
began investigating the cause of the fire and discovered that it appeared
to be “intentionally set and incendiary in nature.”
“Nearby home surveillance captured a black sedan as it passed the home on Merganser Way and stopped at the Mallard Drive intersection at 5:01 a.m.,” police said. “A subject exits the vehicle with an object and walks towards
the residence. After approximately 15 minutes, the subject appears to run
back to his waiting vehicle and departs the area on Mallard Drive towards Portside Drive. As the suspect vehicle fled the area, smoke could be seen billowing up from the rear yard of the home, and within 30 seconds, a
large explosion was observed, and the house became engulfed in flames.”
The only lead in the case at the time was a grainy image of a black sedan
from a neighbor's surveillance system, police said.
During the investigation, detectives “utilized township intersection
cameras to identify and track the vehicle entering and exiting the
township,” according to Bensalem Police.
https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/571ac34c-8e55-408d-8f0e-5c2e7462d259/bensalem- jones_1739866285871_hpEmbed_4x5.jpg?w=750
A man has been arrested and charged with six counts of attempted homicide
after driving over 700 miles and allegedly setting fire to the home of a
man who had been communicating with his ex-girlfriend, police said.
Facebook / Bensalem Police
“While in Bensalem, the car passed through an intersection with Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) installed. Detectives found that the 2021
black Volkswagen Passat had a Michigan registration,” authorities said.
“The vehicle came back to Brian Jones of Rockford, Michigan.”
An additional search of various ALPRs across the state enabled detectives
to track the vehicle traveling toward Bensalem before the fire and back
toward Michigan after the fire had been set.“[Detectives] discovered that
a 21-year-old male resident had an online relationship with a female who
lived in Michigan and was supposed to come to Bensalem to meet in person
for the first time this week,” police continued. “The ex-boyfriend of the female from Michigan was identified as Harrison Jones of Rockford,
Michigan, who lives at the same address as the owner of the Volkswagen
Passat.”
The Kent County Sheriff’s Office subsequently obtained a search warrant
for Harrison Jones's residence and seized the 2021 Volkswagen Passat where
they found lock-picking devices, a cell phone and computer. Authorities
also discovered what appeared to be burns on Jones’ arms when they made
contact with him.
Jones was arrested by the Kent County Sheriff’s Department and charged
with six counts of attempted criminal homicide, arson and risking
catastrophe.
“The Bensalem Township Police Department would like to thank the Kent
County Michigan Sherriff’s Department for deploying numerous resources and manpower to identify, interview, and arrest Harrison Jones for these
heinous acts,” police said. “We would especially like to acknowledge the
hard work and dedication of the Bensalem Township Police Officers, Fire Investigators, and Bensalem Detectives who took a grainy image of a
vehicle and turned it into the arrest of a suspect who traveled over 700
miles and 11+ hours each way to commit crimes that nearly cost six people
their lives.”
The investigation is currently ongoing.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-drives-700-miles-set-fire-home- man/story?id=118914960
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