press release September 5, 2014
TRENTON – A joint investigation by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service and the Mullica Township Police Department has led to the arrest of a 38-year-old Atlantic County man for setting at least a dozen small wildfires in Mullica Township during July and August.
As a result of the investigation, the Mullica Police Department charged Michael Evangelista of Mullica Township with multiple counts of arson in connection with the fires that occurred over a six-week period in the Nesco section of the township.
Forest Fire Service and Nesco Fire Department personnel were able to respond quickly and control the fires before they had a chance to spread. All of the fires were an acre or less and no property was damaged. Mullica Township is located within the Pinelands National Reserve.
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