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A North Jersey man accused of killing his mother and burning down his home Monday morning has been jailed on murder and arson charges, authorities said.
Anthony Citro, 41, was found with blood on his clothing as police responded to a fire at his home at 37 Chestnut Hill Dr. E. in Denville just before 7:25 a.m., Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release with Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon, Chief of Detectives Chris Kimker and Denville Police Chief Frank Perna.
While extinguishing the blaze, fire crews found the body of Citro’s mother, Eileen Citro, 68, whose manner of death was determined to be sharp force injuries, Gannon said.
N.J. man accused of killing mother, setting fire to home, police say
Updated May 18, 2021;
A Denville man was accused Tuesday of setting fire to his home after he murdered his mother and left her body inside, authorities said.
Anthony Citro, 41, of Denville was charged with murder, arson and weapons-related offenses, according to a joint statement from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office and the Denville Police Department.
Police and firefighters were called to Citro’s home at 37 Chestnut Hill Drive East at 7:24 a.m. on Monday after they received a 911 call reporting a fire there, the office said. When police arrived, they found Citro outside the home with blood on his clothes as smoke was seen coming from inside, they said.
Eight patients were evacuated from the emergency room of Saint Clare’s Hospital in Denville due to heavy smoke conditions from a mechanical fire Monday afternoon, authorities said.The fire broke out in an air handler on the roof due to a m…
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Eight patients were evacuated from the emergency room of Saint Clare’s Hospital in Denville due to heavy smoke conditions from a mechanical fire Monday afternoon, authorities said.
The fire broke out in an air handler on the roof due to a mechanical failure around 12 p.m. Monday, Denville Police Capt. Jeffrey Tucker said.
Once the fire was doused, the heavy smoke spread through a portion of the building and led to patients’ evacuation, Tucker said.
A total of eight patients in the emergency room were transported to St. Clare’s Dover campus, while others were moved to various areas of the hospital that weren’t affected in the fire, Tucker said.
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