Bail Denied For Man Accused Of Setting Bensalem House Fire

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — The man accused of setting a Bensalem home on fire over a jealous rage has been extradited to Bucks County and is being held without bail, police said.

Harrison Jones of Rockford, MI, was recently returned to Bensalem to face six counts of attempted homicide after he drove over 700 miles to "intentionally set" a township house on fire due to being jealous over an ex-girlfriend, police said.

Jones was turned over to the Bensalem Township Police Department and arraigned by District Justice Michael Gallagher.

Bail was denied, and Jones was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility, Sgt. Glenn Vandegrift told Patch.

Bensalem Police have Jones with six counts of Attempted Criminal Homicide, Arson, Risking Catastrophe, and related offenses after they said he lit a home in the 5200 block of Merganser Way on fire at 5:22 a.m. on Feb. 10.

Police said Jones traveled over 700 miles and 11+ hours each way to allegedly commit the crime in which six adults evacuated from the home, some of whom had to jump out of second-story windows to escape the flames.

"His ex-girlfriend had an online relationship with a 22-year-old man who resides at the Merganser Way address," Sgt. Glenn Vandegrift said. "We speculate that jealousy was involved."

Police said a 21-year-old male resident had an online relationship with a woman who lived in Michigan and was supposed to come to Bensalem to meet in person for the first time this week, police said.