RED BANK, NJ – A 24-year-old Red Bank man has been arrested and charged for robbing a pharmacy in Little Silver and setting three fires in Red Bank. The 12-hour crime spree included with a fire at Red Bank Catholic High School.
Police today announced Anthony Sambogna, 24, of Red Bank was charged with second-degree Robbery and three counts of second-degree Aggravated Arson.
“The first of the three arson incidents took place at approximately 12:25 p.m. on Monday, July 25, when an accelerant was used to start a small fire in the parking lot of Red Bank Catholic High School on the 100 block of Broad Street; the fire went out on its own prior to the arrival of police officers just minutes later,” Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced today. “Later that same day, at approximately 11:20 p.m., an accelerant was used to start a second fire along exterior natural gas meter lines leading into the back of a bagel shop on the 300 block of Broad Street. That fire also went out on its own after initially going unreported, but a second fire ignited on shrubbery at the same location a little more than an hour later; it was put out by a responding police officer using a fire extinguisher.”