The man in Michigan drives over 700 miles to light the home of a man talking to his ex
Man in Michigan He was arrested after police said he drove more than 700 miles to light a Pennsylvania man who communicated with his ex -girlfriend online.
Bensalem Police Directorate Said 21-year-old Harrison Jones of Rockford, Michich, he was arrested for burning a house with six people inside. People were hospitalized inside, while the family two dogs, Trey and Jett, failed to escape from home and die.
Officials said people inside the house were able to escape thanks to their mom, who heard suspicious sounds, before finding fire and evacuating their family, adding that some family members even had to jump through the windows of another story to avoid flames.
“It’s a wonder everyone survived,” said Bensalem public security director William McVey during a press conference on Monday morning. “And we deserved the mother of that house to take the shops she did to protect her family and ensure everyone lived.”
A man in Michigan flew over 730 miles and lit the house of Pennsylvania a man with whom his ex -girlfriend communicated with the Internet, leaving six people in the house hospitalized and two dogs dead, investigators said. (Bensalem Township Police Directorate)
Bensalem police detectives and Bensalem police detectives began to explore the cause of the fire and found that the fire in nature was “intentionally set and flammable”.
Officials said that the only leadership in this case was a grain picture of a black sedan from the neighbor’s surveillance system.
The video captured a vehicle that was dragging to the house around 5 am. The suspect was seen coming out of the vehicle, walking toward the back of the house, where officials say he remained more than ten minutes before seeing him running away from home and accelerating.
About 30 seconds later, the video shows an explosion that erupts as the house rises in flames.
Two days after the fire, investigators were able to monitor the vehicle to Jones, get an arrest warrant, and take him to custody.
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The suspect in the firefighter, identified as Harrison Jones, 21, was arrested in Michigan for fire at a home in Bensalem last week. (Bensalem Township Police Directorate)
Investigators added that Jones also had obvious burns on his arm.
Officials have confirmed that Jones is a former boyfriend of Michigan women who has been internet with a male resident in Bensalem’s house since 2023. However, the motive for the fire is still explored.
Court documents obtained by Fox 29 Philadelphia Say Jones was to drive his ex -girlfriend to meet the man he communicated with in Bensalem, a local hotel in the near future. Instead, investigators say he drove himself to Bensalem with “killer intentions”.
“He drove more than 730 miles, 11 o’clock, to do what he did, then drove directly home,” McVey said during a press conference.
Investigators say Harrison Jones, 21, from Michigan, was accused of lit a home in Bensalem by a man who communicated with his ex -girlfriend online. (Bensalem Township Police Directorate)
Officials said Jones was charged with six points of attempted murder, underfloor and related acts. Currently awaits extradition back to Pennsylvania.
According to Goofundme, family, identified as “Andrew and Stacy Zalenski, along with their two children, Alex and Ava and Stacy’s parents, Joe and Karen Wendowski, lost everything.”
“Members of our family are currently going through a terrible time in their lives. If you have animals, you know that they are part of your family and they have thought of this family,” the post reports.
“Stacy tried to do everything she could to save them, risking her life by returning to the burning house, but she should have jumped out the window of another story because she felt her losing consciousness.”
A member of the family who created the Goofundme page added that the Zalenski family “has been through so much in the last three years, and Stacy has struggled with a long, difficult fight with cancer and has now lost its home.”
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“They are a gracious, love, caring, generous family and no one deserves to go through everything they went through. It was difficult enough to deal with cancer, and Stacy lost her life almost repeatedly, to lose her loveds now, precious memories and Everything they have and have been doing so hard over the years. “
“This is the worst nightmare of families to sleep in their home, not knowing that the foreigner broke into their home and tried to take their lives on the burning of the house,” Fox 29 District Prosecutor Bucks Jennifer Schorn told them.
“This family has suffered such an unimaginable loss. The actions of this defendant are incomprehensible and he will be responsible.”
In addition to GoFundme, a family member also started Collection of funds with a society of animal welfare in Philadelphia in honor of their memory. Paws spokesman told Fox 29 to plan to create a plaque to dedicate one of their breeders to Trey and Jetta for their heroism.
Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. It covers topics, including missing persons, murders, national cases of crime, illegal immigration and more. Tips and ideas of the story can be sent to Stepheny.price@fox.com
