(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Bensalem Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Bucks County, PA) According to officials yesterday, twenty-two-year-old Harrison Jones of Rockford, Michigan was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison after he set a home located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania on fire with several people inside in 2025. The Bensalem Police Department in Bucks County states that Jones has been charged with arson, attempted murder, and related offenses in connection with a fire on February 10th, 2025. Police confirm that the arson happened shortly before 5:30 a.m. that day in the 5200 block of Merganser Way in Bensalem which injured six people and killed two dogs. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office confirms that Jones entered a plea of no contest to attempted homicide and aggravated animal cruelty charges after he set the home of a 21-year-old who had an online relationship with his ex-girlfriend on fire. Officials expressed that Jones traveled over 700 miles to set the house on fire. Jones ignited an accelerant, which caused an explosion, leveled the rear of the home and trapped six people inside. Jones was arrested in Michigan after the attack occurred and investigators used automated license plate readers to track him down.