A New Jersey man is accused of lighting the home of his girlfriend’s parents on fire following an argument between the couple, forcing her and the other occupants to evacuate.
Leonard Jones, 50, allegedly started the fire after a verbal dispute with his girlfriend inside the house on 155 Old Beekman Road in South Brunswick at around 3 a.m. Tuesday, South Brunswick Police said in a news release.
Police were first called to the home after Jones was told to leave following the argument but refused.
But as officers were on their way to the home, a second 911 call came in reporting that the house was on fire.
“We were here two times earlier, once for a noise complaint at about midnight, that noise was abated, and then we got a call about 10 minutes before the fire that …