Federal, Local Officials Offer Reward In Suffern Fires

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Suffern Police Department and the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office are jointly offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for a series of fires in Suffern between Nov. 26 and April 1.

They are investigating the case jointly.

The string of suspicious fires destroyed two homes and damaged a third. A small fire was set first, causing the inhabitants to vacate, and then a couple of days later a large fire. They were set early in the morning or late at night, Suffern police said.

Police asked residents with surveillance cameras or Ring-style doorbells to check for suspicious activity in the past four months.

Anyone else with information is asked to call the Suffern Police Department at 845- 357-2300, or email to spdtips@rcpin.net. Tips may be submitted anonymously via text to “Tip411.”

You can also contact ATF via email at ATFTips@atf.gov. Tips may be submitted to ATF through the ReportIt® app, available on both Google Play and the Apple App Store, or by visiting www.reportit.com.

All tips will remain confidential.