Current, Former Edison Police Officers Arrested In Another Arson Scheme

EDISON, NJ— Two Edison police officers, one current and one former, were arrested today for plotting to set fire to a superior officer's home, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's office.

Officer Christian Pedana and former-officer Michael Dotro were charged with conspiring to commit aggravated arson, and official misconduct for their April 2013 scheme.

Dotro resigned in September of this year, after being accused of a number of crimes in May of 2013, including setting fire to a superior officers home (you can read more about that case here).

Dotro, 39, of Manalapan, and Pedana, 44, of Edison, wanted to set fire to a superior officers home on April 7, 2013. The fire was never set, and no one was hurt as a result.

Pedana has been on the force for 16 years, and is also charged with false swearing and official misconduct after he lied to detectives during the June 2013 arson conspiracy investigation against Dotro.

The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Heck of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3300.

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