New Jersey man allegedly set fire to his girlfriend's parents' house after an argument while she was still inside

A New Jersey man is suspected of setting fire to his girlfriend's parents' house after an argument between the couple that forced her and the other residents to evacuate.

Leonard Jones, 50, is believed to have set the fire around 3 a.m. Tuesday after a verbal argument with his girlfriend at the home at 155 Old Beekman Road in South Brunswick, South Brunswick police said in a news release.

Police were called to the house after Jones was asked to leave following the argument, but he refused.

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But as officers were on their way to the house, a second emergency call came in reporting that the house was on fire.

“We've been here twice before, once for a noise complaint around midnight. The noise had died down by then, and then we got a call about 10 minutes before the fire that there was an out-of-control man in the apartment,” Sergeant Tim Hoover of the South Brunswick Police Department told reporters, according to ABC 7.

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“Then officers received a call that a fire had broken out and appeared to be out of control. When officers arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames,” Hoover continued.

Jones and three other people who were inside the home were able to safely exit the home as the fire burned the entire house. No injuries were reported.

Neighbor Elise Campanella said one of the residents of the burning house knocked on her door and warned her about the fire.

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“It was pretty big and I was scared it was going to come from the trees and then fall on my house. It was crazy,” she told News 12 New Jersey.

According to ABC 7, more than 70 firefighters were needed to bring the fire under control.

Jones was arrested and charged with aggravated arson and domestic violence. He was taken to the Middlesex County Correction Center.

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