{"id":6217,"date":"2026-08-05T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:08:02","slug":"exclusive-firebug-who-torched-173-year-old-nyc-church-busted-when-cop-spots-him-shoplifting-donuts-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6217","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Firebug who torched 173-year-old NYC church busted when cop spots him shoplifting donuts: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A firebug suspected of torching a landmarked 173-year-old Brooklyn church was busted when an eagle-eyed cop spotted him shoplifting a turkey sandwich and donuts from CVS, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6215\">FBI opened probe into whether Trump was Russian agent after he fired James Comey, newly revealed memos show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Jones, 24, tried to swipe a free meal with a Coke to wash it down in the Broadway store at about 1:39 a.m. but the off-duty cop, who was working a security shift, took him into custody, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Cops ran Jones through the system and realized that he was wanted on a warrant for the torching the South Bushwick Reformed Church, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had been eyeing Jones as the alleged arsonist behind a three-alarm fire that torched the historical house of worship on June 19, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze decimated the church\u2019s historic spire and destroyed thousands of artifacts, according to activists.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6213\">Stephen Colbert\u2019s daughter resigns from \u201960 Minutes\u2019 \u2014 as program grapples with talent exodus: report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the alleged perp had been caught on camera fleeing the church not too long before it burst into flames.<\/p>\n<p>Jones has a federal complaint out against him in the Eastern District of New York, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>He was also slapped with criminal mischief charges after he smashed a television at Williamsburg restaurant DOC Wine on June 28 in Brooklyn, causing $900 in damages, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6211\">The radicals won the Dem civil war \u2014 we\u2019ll all pay the price<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what Jones has been charged with. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Jones, 24, was arrested after being caught stealing a turkey sandwich, a Coke and donuts by an off-duty cop working a security shift at a CVS, sources said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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