A former southeastern Ohio fire department administrator will serve 18 months in federal prison after admitting to starting dozens of wildfires in Wayne National Forest. U.S. District Court Judge ...

A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced for starting more than 20 fires in the Wayne ...

A man who served as a former fire official, police officer and Gallia County 911 administrator has been sentenced to 18 ...

A former Gallia County, Ohio, fire department worker and police officer was sentenced to prison Monday for starting dozens of fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors said. James A. Bartels ...

In past years the Wayne has provided payment in lieu ... That same year Morgan County, with 3,369 national forest acres, received $7,067, Noble County, with 716 national forest acres, received ...

GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio — A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest three years ago.

COLUMBUS, Ohio― A federal judge blocked new oil and gas leasing and fracking in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest late Monday, following a ruling last year rebuking the Bureau of Land Management and U.S.

In Ohio's Wayne National Forest, court records said more than 40 ... law enforcement agencies and as a 911 dispatcher for Gallia County. Court records say he resigned from the dispatch position ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A former fire official has been sentenced to prison for intentionally setting several fires in a national forest in Perry County ... 26 fires in Wayne National Forest ...

James Bartels, a former 911 dispatcher in southeast Ohio, admitted to starting dozens of fires to "give the boys something to do." ...

In Ohio's Wayne National Forest, court records said more than 40 ... law enforcement agencies and as a 911 dispatcher for Gallia County. Court records say he resigned from the dispatch position ...