Long Island firefighter charged with setting brush fires during driest period in NY for 160 years
A Long Island volunteer firefighter was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly confessing to having started one of the brush fires that swept through the town of Medford earlier in the day. It
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New York firefighter accused of intentionally setting brush fire on Long Island
A volunteer firefighter on Long Island, New York, was arrested Tuesday after he intentionally started a brush fire, authorities said. Jonathan Quiles, of the Medford Fire Department, set a fire in a wooded area on Mount Vernon Avenue in Medford on Tuesday afternoon, Suffolk County police alleged in a news release.
Volunteer firefighter charged with setting brush fire on New York's Long Island
A volunteer firefighter has been charged after police said he intentionally started a brush fire on Long Island in New York amid dangerously dry conditions. Jonathan Quiles, 20, was charged with arson and reckless endangerment on Wednesday.
New York firefighter charged with arson for allegedly setting Long Island brush fire
The arrest comes after a string of brush fires were reported in the New York and New Jersey areas. Approximately six fires were reported on Tuesday in the Medford area of Long Island, per NBC News. One fire last week was set in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Volunteer Firefighter Accused of Setting Brush Fire on Long Island
Police say a volunteer firefighter has been arrested for intentionally setting a brush fire on Long Island in New York
Long Island firefighter arrested, accused of intentionally setting brush fire: police
A volunteer firefighter on Long Island was arrested Tuesday after allegedly starting a brush fire intentionally that damaged a car during dry conditions.
Firefighter accused of intentionally setting brush fire, charged with arson
Jonathan Quiles, 20, a volunteer firefighter with the Medford Fire Department in Suffolk County, was arrested on Tuesday, police said.
Long Island firefighter accused of setting Medford brush fire
Long Island volunteer firefighter Jonathan Quiles is accused of intentionally setting a brush fire in Medford, New York.
Volunteer firefighter arrested in swath of Long Island brush fires
A volunteer firefighter on Long Island was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly admitting to setting some of the brush fires that swept through the town of Medford earlier in the day, according to a local official.
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