A 16-year-old Nyack boy was arrested Wednesday on arson charges stemming from set in Nyack early Tuesday and a separate fire over the weekend, Orangetown police said this morning.
Police said they have charged Jonathan Barillas, 16, of Nyack, with:
Third-degree burglary, a class “D” felony - 2 counts
Second-degree arson, a class “B” felony -1 count
Third-degree arson, a class “C” felony -5 counts
Fourth-degree grand larceny, a class “E” felony - 2 counts
In addition to the fires that took place about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday on Summit Street and Washington Street, police said Barillas is accused of burglarizing a building on Catherine Street twice, on Aug. 10 and 13, and returning on Aug. 19 to set the same building on fire.
No one was injured in the fires.
Barillas was arraigned by Orangetown Town Judge Richard C. Finning and ordered held in the Rockland County Correctional Facility in New City on $50,000 bail pending a hearing in Nyack Village Court.
In addition to the fires that were set, Orangetown police said Barillas was charged in connection with a rash of larcenies from unlocked cars that also took place in the Summit Street neighborhood just south of Nyack's Main Street. Detectives are trying to connect recovered items to the cars that they were taken from.
Also, Jonathan Barillas is charged with twice breaking into at the offices of a small company based there. And, he is accused of setting a fire at the building. The morning of the fire, Nyack firefighters initially thought the fire was accidental and possibly caused by an electrical problem.
Police say it now appears the fire was set by Barillas.
Police ask that anyone who might have information regarding these incidents call Orangetown Police Detectives at 845-359-2121
Orangetown Police were assisted by the Rockland County Sheriff’s Department Bureau of Criminal Identification arson unit.
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