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Mt. Olive Man Charged with Arson

Mount Olive New Jersey

Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Mount Olive Police Chief Mark Spitzer announce that John Maulbeck Jr., 23, a resident of the Flanders section of Mt. Olive Township, has been charged with Arson, in violation of N.J.S.A 2C:17-1b2, a crime of the third degree. 

Maulbeck was arrested today following an investigation conducted by the Mt. Olive Police Department and the Morris County Prosecutor’s OfficeArson/Environmental Unit. 

On April 28, 2015 at approximately 7:05 p.m., members of the Mount Olive Police Department and the Flanders Fire Department were dispatched to 130 US 206 South in Flanders, on a report of a house fire. 

Responders located an active fire to the attached garage of a single family home. 

A resident of the home, suffered injury due to smoke inhalation and was treated and released from the hospital. Three others were also injured, including two police officers and a firefighter. 

The Honorable Brian J. Levine, J.M.C., Mount Olive set bail at $30,000 with 10% option.

The defendant was unable to post bail and was remanded to the Morris County Correctional Facility.

 

 

 

 

 

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