GLOUCESTER CITY -- A city man is behind bars after allegedly walking into the police department's parking lot while carrying a "Molotov cocktail," igniting it and throwing it at a marked police vehicle.

Jose E. Rodriguez, 28, told officers he did it because he wanted to go to jail, police said.

Jose E. Rodriguez, 28, of Gloucester City.

Rodriguez approached the police station shortly before 8:20 p.m. Saturday and threw the Molotov cocktail. Officers at the station extinguished the fire and found Rodriguez standing in the parking lot, police said.

"When the officers asked [Rodriguez] if he saw who started the fire, he told them he did because he wanted to go to jail," Gloucester City police said.

The 2015 Ford Explorer sustained minor damage as a result of the fire.

Rodriguez was charged with aggravated arson, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and criminal mischief. He was sent to the Camden County Jail after failing to post $100,000 bail, police said.

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