Convicted Arsonist Gets 7 Years in Bound Brook Fire
Blaze at two-family home caused multiple injuries.
A Bound Brook woman was sentenced to seven years of prison on Thursday for setting a 2011 fire that injured multiple people at a two-family home, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano Said. Yanilda Rosario, 40, had pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 to charges of six counts of aggravated arson and one count of aggravated assault. In exchange for the plea, the prosecution recommended that she serve seven years in state prison with 85 percent of the term to be served without parole in accordance with the No Early Release Act. Judge Julie M. Marino sentenced Rosario in accordance with the plea agreement. Rosario was arrested Sept. 18, 2011 after an investigation revealed that she started a fire that injured a 45-year-old male and led to the …
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