3 articles · Updated · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 3
Summary
$500,000 bail kept Justin Sholly in custody after police said the 19-year-old admitted setting three Franconia Township fires over Memorial Day weekend, then responding to two of them with his volunteer company.
Police said one fire was set near the home of a former boss who had fired him, and two blazes were close to occupied homes; a barn on Schoolhouse Road was destroyed.
Fire-starter logs and a lighter were recovered from Sholly's car, and automatic license plate readers placed his Ford Edge near two fire scenes shortly before they were ignited.
June 10 is the date for Sholly's preliminary hearing, while Franconia's police chief said the arrest should let residents in the tight-knit community 'take a collective sigh of relief.'