Update:
AN ALLEGED firebug has been released on bail after he was accused of lighting a Hunter blaze just weeks after fronting court for two other arson allegations.
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Daniel Jay Tudor, 23, fronted Scone Local Court this week after he was arrested by detectives.
He was released on strict conditions, including to remain at home in Hunterview, near Singleton, unless with specific people.
Tudor was charged with intentionally causing fire and being reckless as to its spread after emergency services were called to a grassfire on Monterey Circuit at Hunterview just before 4pm on October 3.
Arson squad detectives from the State Crime Command's specialist team launched an investigation under Strike Force Tronto and moved on Tudor on Tuesday afternoon.
He spent the night in custody before facing court on Wednesday.
It came after Tudor fronted court in September in a separate arson case, where he faces two charges of intentionally causing fire and being reckless as to its spread.
Those allegations stem from two fires police allege were sparked by Tudor.
Emergency services were called to a grassfire at Rose Point Park in Singleton on August 11, and the next day, they were called to a blaze at Glenridding.
Tudor was charged about 90 minutes after the second fire broke out.
The two arson cases were adjourned to Singleton Local Court later this month.
Earlier:
AN ARSON charge has been levelled against a man after an investigation by specialist detectives into a grassfire in the Hunter.
A 23-year-old man spent the night in custody after his arrest before fronting court for the first time on Wednesday.
Arson squad detectives moved on the man as part of an investigation - codenamed Strike Force Tronto - into a suspicious grassfire which broke out at Hunterview last week.
Emergency services were called to the blaze on Monterey Circuit just before 4pm on October 3.
Hunter Valley police and the State Crime Command's Financial Crime Squad's Arson Unit launched an investigation into the suspicious fire under the strike force.
Officers homed in on the 23-year-old man just before 4pm on Tuesday and he was taken to Singleton Police Station.
He was charged with intentionally causing fire and being reckless as to its spread.
He was refused bail by police to appear before Scone Local Court today.
Strike Force Tronto investigations continue and anyone with information should contact police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald. Email: afalkenmire@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald. Email: afalkenmire@austcommunitymedia.com.au
