This post was originally published here - https://hoodline.com/2026/10/rutgers-students-return-home-to-find-gas-lines-tampered-with-in-attempted-arson/
Rutgers-affiliated residents returned to their home on Hamilton Street near Easton Avenue sometime between 1:40 and 2:14 a.m. Saturday and discovered the place had been broken into, their belongings damaged and the gas sources inside tampered with.
No one was hurt, but the discovery has triggered an investigation led by New Brunswick police, with Rutgers campus police gathering information, into what authorities are treating as a burglary, criminal mischief and attempted arson.
According to nj1015.com, the residents came home to find signs of forced entry alongside damage to their personal belongings and clear evidence that someone had messed with the home’s…
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