On Nov. 21, 20-year-old Ethan Salter of Little Egg Harbor and 21-year-old Thomas Lester of Tuckerton were sentenced after pleading guilty to aggravated arson in connection with a January 2024 structure fire in Little Egg Harbor.

Little Egg Harbor police and fire departments responded to a fire on National Union Boulevard on Jan. 8, 2024 at approximately 3:19 a.m. Firefighters extinguished the fire.