An Evesham man was sentenced to four years in state prison last Friday for a series of fires he set in the township last summer, according to fire department officials.
The suspect, 20, of Stafford Way, pleaded guilty Feb. 16 in Superior Court to aggravated arson, arson, and failure to control or report a dangerous fire, representatives from the Evesham Township Fire Department.
Judge James W. Palmer Jr. also ordered the suspect to pay about $9,600 in restitution to the Evesham Fire District №1 for $5,435 and the New Jersey Forest Service for $4,172. The restitutions are for costs the agencies incurred in fighting the fires.
