Masked suspect charged with using fuel, fireworks in Walmart kids section as cover for massive jewelry heist

A New Jersey antheral was arrested Thursday aft allegedly sparking a monolithic occurrence with camping substance and fireworks wrong a Maryland Walmart, creating a terrifying diversion to propulsion disconnected a $10,000 jewelry heist.

Anthony J. Rhodes, 36, of Berlin, New Jersey, was taken into custody without incidental by section constabulary and is presently sitting successful a Camden County jailhouse awaiting extradition to Maryland. His charges see first-degree arson and manufacturing an explosive device.

The chaotic country unfolded connected the nighttime of April 29 astatine a store successful Elkton, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

Security video showed a masked antheral entering the store with a backpack and loading a market cart with camping substance and respective boxes of fireworks, officials said. The fishy past parked the buying cart adjacent to the children's covering conception and acceptable it ablaze.

A sparking occurrence was seen wrong the Maryland Walmart store adjacent the boy's covering section. (Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal via Facebook)

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As the occurrence grew and fireworks began exploding wrong the store, customers and unit scrambled for the exits.

Authorities said the fishy past smashed into the store's jewelry counter, stealing astir $10,000 worthy of merchandise earlier walking retired and fleeing the country connected a motorcycle.

While firefighters from the Singerly Fire Company rapidly extinguished the flames and contained nonstop occurrence harm to astir $5,000, Walmart said the smoke, soot and consequent cleanup resulted successful $10 cardinal successful mislaid inventory.

Anthony J. Rhodes, 36, of Berlin, N.J., is facing aggregate charges aft allegedly lighting a occurrence wrong of a Maryland Walmart store. (Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal via Facebook)

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Officials said Rhodes was wearing a Jefferson University Baseball T-shirt during the heist, which investigators utilized to way him down.

Rhodes did not person a transportation to the assemblage oregon its sports teams, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); and Walmart Global Investigations assisted with the investigation.

The fishy was captured by information cameras and aboriginal identified arsenic Anthony J. Rhodes, 36, of Berlin, New Jersey, according to authorities. (Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal via Facebook)

"Working side-by-side with our ATF partners and Walmart Global Investigations, our squad was capable to place a fishy quickly," acting State Fire Marshal Jason Mowbray wrote successful a connection aft the arrest. "Investigations specified arsenic these necessitate an all-hands approach, and I americium arrogant of everyone who was capable to bring this lawsuit to a close."

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A Walmart spokesperson told Fox News Digital the institution "appreciate[s] the concern with instrumentality enforcement and their swift enactment successful this investigation."