The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said the carcass of a 20-foot Minke whale was found Wednesday wedged upside down at the state marina along Sandy Hook Bay in the Leonardo section of Middletown.
Investigators did not disclosed how they arrived at a finding of arson and how they settled on Matthew Franco, 20, of Leonardo. He was ordered detained in Freehold.
On Thursday, activity at Naval Weapons Station Earle will be on a visibly higher scale than civilians are used to seeing, during special g exercises involving the entire installation.
The Middletown woman who admitted running down hit an Atlantic Highlands teen with her car, and leaving her dying on Route 36 in July 2015, faces up to seven years in prison at her scheduled December 2 sentencing.