A detention hearing for suspect Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, Ocean County, however, was continued until Monday. Meanwhile, prosecutors announced Friday that a second ...

Authorities allege Kling started the fire on the east side of Jones Road, within the Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area in Ocean Township, by placing wooden pallets, gasoline and a gasoline ...

Joseph Kling, the Waretown man accused of starting the Jones Road wildfire, speaks with the media after an early disposition conference before Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan at the Ocean County ...

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A New Jersey man accused of sparking a massive wildfire in central New Jersey in April denied responsibility for the blaze, saying other people with him should have extinguished the ...

Authorities have charged a 17-year-old in connection with a destructive wildfire that began last week and continues to burn in the pinelands in Ocean County. The teen, taken into custody on ...

Kling is charged with igniting flames that by Tuesday morning grew to the point that a spotter in the Cedar Bridge Fire Tower located a plume of smoke at 9:45 a.m. April 22 in the Ocean County ...

PHOTO: Booking photo of Joseph Kling. (Ocean County Jail) Kling allegedly lit multiple wooden pallets on fire, using gasoline in a pit to create a bonfire, prosecutors said.

Joseph Kling, who is accused of starting last month's Ocean County wildfire, was released from jail on electronic monitoring until trial following a detention hearing Monday. New Jersey Courts ...

Joseph Kling, who is accused of starting the Ocean County wildfire, appears in court Friday via Zoom. The remainder of the hearing was adjourned until Monday to allow defense counsel to submit ...