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Arson Requires Jail & Restitution  

Following a fifteen-day trial, a jury agreed with the State\'s claims  that defendant Terrence L. Strothers\' year-long dispute over a woman  with another man, Shane Stevens, resulted in defendant assaulting Shane  by firing a flare at Shane\'s car; and later that same day recruiting  some friends to aid in his retribution who fired two flares at Shane\'s  family\'s home, causing its destruction.  

In STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TERRENCE L. STROTHERS, No. A-5157-18, Superior  Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (November 15, 2022) he  attempted to avoid jail and the convictions that the jury found obvious.  JURY VERDICT  In reaching its verdict, the jury found defendant guilty of eleven of  the State\'s thirteen charges. Defendant was convicted of:  third-degree conspiracy to commit arson as a lesser-included offense of  second-degree conspiracy to commit aggravated arson; third-degree arson, as a lesser-included offense of second-degree  aggravated arson; third-degree conspiracy to commit criminal mischief; third-degree criminal mischief; third-degree conspiracy to commit  aggravated assault as a lesser-included offense of second-degree  conspiracy to committed aggravated assault; third-degree aggravated assault as a lesser-included offense of  second-degree aggravated assault; second-degree aggravated assault; two counts of third-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes;  and three counts of fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.