More lame police reporting

One of the torched cars is said to be a restored 1986 Pontiac Fiero.

From The Record of Woodland Park:

Englewood home, five cars set on fire

Sunday May 27, 2012, 4:38 PM

BY MATTHEW MCGRATH

STAFF WRITER

The Record

ENGLEWOOD – A home and five cars were set on fire early Sunday morning along West Palisades Avenue.

The five cars were parked along the street near Great Lord Ko-Am Church.

“We have had major fire incidents before,” said Councilman Eugene Skurnick, who surveyed the scene Sunday morning. “This one is quite disturbing since it involves innocent people. A Hispanic family lost three autos.”

Three of the cars appeared to be destroyed, Skurnick said. The other two appeared to have exterior damage and a small patch on the side of the house was damaged.

The fires were started at about 3 a.m.

Englewood police did not comment Sunday.

From Cliffview Pilot.com

Englewood arsonist torches 5 cars, house

Sunday, 27 May 2012 12:12 Jerry DeMarco

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Five cars and a house in an Englewood neighborhood were set ablaze overnight, and investigators from the city and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office's arson unit are trying to determine who's responsible.

A resident flagged down a city patrol officer at 3 a.m., alerting him to the burning cars on West Palisade Avenue near the Soldiers Monument, Detective Lt. Tim Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

"Five of them were purposely set on fire," he said.

Police and firefighters were at the scene moments later when the siding of a house suddenly sprouted flames, the lieutenant said.

"It was probably smoldering for awhile when it went up," Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. "Fortunately, there was little damage.

"Those are all big, older, subdivided homes in that neighborhood. A lot of people live there."

The vehicles were all parked curbside between the monument and Cottage Place. They include a retored 1986 Fiero, a Lexus and two Camrys.

Two were destroyed, two had moderate damage and one had minor damage. A sixth car that was near those set on fire sustained some damage, as well.

The Bergen County Sheriff's Department's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence for the investigation, finishing around noon.

Because they're not impeding the traffic flow, the cars will remain on the street for now, authorities said. The incident won't affect tomorrow's Memorial Day parade, they said.