HAMILTON TWP. -
Arson
and criminal mischief charges have been filed against three teens accused of
setting three small fires in a southern New Jersey community.
No
injuries were reported in the fires, which all occurred Saturday in Hamilton
Township and only caused minor damage.
The first fire was reported around 11:20 a.m.
At the athletic fields at Underhill Park, responding police officers found two
trash cans had been set on fire close to the field house. Two more fires were
discovered a short time later at a former middle school. It appeared that a
trash can full of leaves had been set on fire on the school steps, while
another fire was set in a large trash bin.
The
three juveniles, two 14-year-olds and a 16-year-old, were later arrested at
Underhill Park.
