STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with a number of cars being set on fire in Port Richmond early Sunday morning, said the NYPD.
Police say that Jorge Tuy Mendoza, a Forest Avenue resident of the same neighborhood, was arrested around 4:55 a.m. on Sunday inside a home in the 200 block of Decker Avenue.
Police charged Mendoza with one count of criminal possession of stolen property, five counts of arson, one count of grand larceny and one count of criminal mischief, according to a spokesperson for the NYPD.
A source with knowledge of the investigation said that there does not appear to be any connection between Mendoza and the owners of the targeted vehicles…