A man from New Jersey, who is accused of starting the massive Jones Road fire last month that he should not bear the responsibility of the fire because the others who were with him should have come out.
Joseph Cling, 19, was accused of burning mayors and burning on April 23 regarding the fire in Wrighton, who burned 15,300 acres with his spread in the southern Ucean province, Prosecutor’s Office for Ocean Province He said.
Prosecutors said that Kling was lit from wooden platforms on the fire and left without extinguishing the fire completely.
After the court appeared on Monday, Klling told NBC Philadelphia He and his friends had achieved fire in a distant part of the town of Ocean on April 21 – but he left early and tried to put out the fire before going out.
“I was the first to leave after my friend crashed his dirt bike,” Kling said, noting that he left to take his friend to the hospital.
When he was asked why he did not put fire before leaving, he said: “There were other people there, and I tried.”
He said: “I kicked dirt on it and everything. I had almost a flame, and there were other people there.” He said that about 16 others were there.
On May 1, the general prosecutors announced 17 years old He was also accused with intentional burning, intentional burning and disabled fear. Prosecutors said that Cling was charged with obstructing fear after he and the other teenager gave false information to the police.
“In this turn, we have not yet seen any evidence that this fire claims that he participated, even to the wildfire,” said Cling’s lawyer.
NBC Philadelphia reported that the area that the authorities said that the authorities had started fire in the wilderness that the fires were prohibited.
The fire was observed by emergency personnel on April 22 from the Ocean County Lands Lands Tersez River Rivers Rivers. The fire was announced 100 % received On May 12.
