Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, was charged with aggravated arson, arson, and hindering apprehension in connection with the Jones Road wildfire on April 23, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor ...

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 ...

Cause And Effect The Jones Road Wildfire was reportedly caused by arsonist Joseph Kling, a 19-year-old from Ocean Township, after he set wooden pallets ablaze and left without ensuring they were all ...

Information provided by the girlfriends of Joseph Kling and a 17-year-old male to police charging the pair with arson in the Jones Road Wildfire.

Authorities said they suspect that friend to be Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, the first suspect to be charged in the wildfire.

Joseph Kling, one of the suspects charged in connection with the Ocean County wildfire last month, was released on home detention on Monday.

In releasing Joseph Kling to his Waretown parents with ankle monitoring, Superior Court Judge Pamela Snyder gave weight to the defense’s argument that prosecutors have "weak" evidence to support ...

A Waretown man accused of starting a wildfire that destroyed 15,300 acres in southern Ocean County was released from jail on electronic monitoring Monday until trial.