⚠️ Police say a Jersey City woman set a fire next to a man sleeping beneath an underpass.
➡️ Investigators say the man escaped after the woman tried to stop him from fleeing.
🔴 The 23-year-old woman faces aggravated arson, assault and other criminal charges.
JERSEY CITY — A 23-year-old city woman is accused of setting a fire next to a man sleeping on the street and then trying to keep him from escaping.
Jersey City Police responded Sunday around 2:40 p.m., to a call about a fire beneath the Tonnelle Avenue underpass.
Officers arrived as the Jersey City Fire Department was working to extinguish the fire.
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