Hellertown Police said a borough man was charged with reckless burning after he allegedly set a fire and failed to extinguish it in the Water Street Park/Cinder Banks area north of W. Water Street Friday afternoon.
Hellertown Police said a borough man was charged with reckless burning after he allegedly set a fire and failed to extinguish it in the Water Street Park/Cinder Banks area north of W. Water Street Friday afternoon.
In a news release issued Monday police said Brian Linde, 58, told officers who responded to the area for a report of a brush fire that he thought the fire was out.
Police sais Linde was cited at the scene and released.
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