4 Charged In Pair Of Burlington County Fires

BURLINGTON CITY, NJ — Four people have been charged with burning down two homes and damaging two others in Burlington County, police announced on Friday.

Only one, 20-year-old Gabriel Vance, of Berlin, was charged with two counts of arson, as well as two counts of criminal mischief and two counts of trespassing, Burlington City police announced. He was lodged in Burlington County Jail pending a court appearance.

The others were charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespassing, and were released pending court. They were Ryan Gibbs, 19 of Blackwood; Summer Wisor, 20 of Sicklerville; and Daniel Badecki, 18, of Audubon.

They were arrested after a car that was used by the suspects in the fires was found in Gloucester Township, according to police. The fires had been set on April 26 and June 7, police said.

During the investigation, police found video of four people entering a mansion property on East Park Boulevard, and returning once the fires were set, police said. A camera from a neighbor's nearby home captured four people and a car on video, police said.

This is the car that was later found in Gloucester Township, based on a tip from a resident, police said.

During the interviews and further investigation, police said they determined that the four people depicted in the video were in fact the ones who started the fires.

Gloucester Township police, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office, the County of Burlington and New Jersey State fire marshal's offices, Runnemede police, Philadelphia police, New Jersey State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) all assisted Burlington City police in the investigation.