Firefighter Admits Role In New Jersey National Park Arson

April 6, 2004
A National Park firefighter pleaded guilty in Superior Court here Monday to charges of conspiracy to commit arson and official misconduct in connection with an arson on March 31, 2003
WOODBURY --A National Park firefighter pleaded guilty in Superior Court here Monday to charges of conspiracy to commit arson and official misconduct in connection with an arson on March 31, 2003.

Michael Kleinfelder, 23, of Columbia Boulevard admitted to Superior Court Judge Walter Marshall that the idea was to set fire to a building or automobile so that the National Park Fire Department would have something to do.

A 17-year-old junior firefighter and a 16-year-old boy not connected to the fire company were charged with aggravated arson, burglary and criminal mischief and released to their parents, authorities said.

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