Amwell fire determined to be suicide
A fire Saturday night at an Amwell Township home that killed the 59-year-old resident has been determined to be a suicide, state police said.
John Allen Stopka was found inside the home at 485 Ten Mile Road. Seven fire companies were called to fight the blaze that broke out about 9 p.m. State police said in a news release that evidence found at the scene helped them determine that Stopka intentionally set the fire in a suicide attempt.