Bensalem Police: Accused Arsonist Drove From Michigan To Set House On Fire
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Harrison Jones, from Rockford Michigan is in very serious trouble with Bucks County Authorities. Police allege that he drove from Michigan to Merganser Way in Bensalem Twp during the early morning hours of February 10, 2025. Over 700 miles and 11 hours of drive time in a 2021 Volkswagen Passat.
He had some kind of incendiary device with him, police said and used that device after he used a lock pick break into a house on Merganser Way and set the house on fire, Bensalem Police said.. He did this , police said because his ex girlfriend was in an online relationship with a 21 year old resident of the house.
Alex Lloyd Gross Photo Delaware Valley News.com The burnt out dwelling on Merganser Way.
It took police about 36 hours to crack the case. Security footage from a neighbor captured the car parked and a male who police said is Jones driving away, after he makes a mad dash to the car. The VW Passat passed through multiple license plate readers. Police were able to track the car to Michigan, where authorities there seized the car, a lock pick tool and evidence of an incendiary device.
Jones’ Ex girlfriend was going to come to Bensalem to meet her new beau, police said. The fire happened before that meeting could take place. The family lost everything and two pet dogs died. An adult victim heard suspicious noises and went to see if it was her son. It was not, police said it was Jones, after he broke into the house.
Alex Lloyd Gross Photo-Delaware Valley News.com District Attorney Jennifer Schorn talks about the court procedures that Jones will face.
Harrison Jones is in police custody in Michigan, where he will be held until he is brought back to Bensalem. He faces six charges of attempted murder, burglary and arson offenses, police said. District Attorney Jen Schorn said that should he be convicted of everything he could die in prison.
Jones denied ever being in Pennsylvania but security camera footage from a convenience store shows otherwise, as he stopped for a break after the incident, police said. Detective Sgt. Glenn Vandegrift said police are still looking for evidence, and that should include a cell phone and mapping program to track the phone and a map to show if Jones did in fact go to Merganser Way.