Courier-Post

GLOUCESTER CITY – A man is behind bars after he tossed a Molotov cocktail at a Gloucester City police vehicle, authorities said.

Police said they arrested Jose E. Rodriguez, 28, of South Sussex Street after he set the SUV on fire about 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the police headquarters parking lot. Rodriguez ignited the incendiary device and smashed it against the side of a marked Ford Explorer, police said.

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Officers extinguished the blaze, which caused minor damage to the vehicle.

Police said Rodriguez was still standing in the parking lot when they arrived.

When officers asked Rodriguez if he saw who started the fire, “he told them he did because he wanted to go to jail,” police said

Authorities charged him with aggravated arson, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal mischief. Rodriguez was held on $100,000 bail in Camden County Jail.

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