Almost a year after a special legislative hearing, little if anything has been done to lower the risk of a potentially disastrous wildfire breaking out in the Pinelands.
The defendant has been in custody since his arrest on September 13 in Paterson, where he was found inside the victim's Jeep Cherokee with stolen items.
The late March wildfire that consumed more than 11,000 acres of land in the Pinelands was one of just 331 forest fires handled by crews so far in 2019.