Police said Thursday the fire was intentionally set and detectives recently charged Terrance L. Pierce, 33, with allegedly starting it.
HAMILTON - Authorities have charged a Trenton man with setting fire to a house in the Bromley neighborhood in June, Hamilton police said Thursday.
The June 8 fire grew to two alarms and gutted the structure on Waverly Place, officials said. Nobody was hurt during the blaze.
Terrance L. Pierce Police said Thursday the fire was intentionally set and detectives recently charged Terrance L. Pierce, 33, with allegedly starting it.
Pierce, 33, of Race Street in North Trenton, was apprehended Wednesday at 4 p.m. while on Hamilton Avenue in Trenton by members of the U.S. Marshals' Regional Fugitive Task Force, Trenton office.
Pierce is charged with aggravated arson, burglary and theft, Hamilton police said. His bail was set at $150,000 Thursday.
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Hamilton police did not elaborate on how or why Pierce allegedly burned the house down.
Pierce has two prior theft-related convictions in Mercer County in 2013, records show.
Hamilton Detective Leonard Gadsby, Mercer County Prosecutor's Office Detective Marc Masseroni and Fire Marshal Scott McCormick investigated the crime.
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