Junior firefighter faces arson charges

BRUNSWICK COUNTY — A junior firefighter from Brunswick County is facing criminal charges. The crime: arson.

Seventeen-year-old volunteer firefighter Leroy Jolly Jr. is accused of setting two fires in Boiling Spring Lakes this month.

According to published reports, Jolly is a student at South Brunswick High School, and has confessed to setting the fires.

He was arraigned Wednesday in Brunswick County court.