Ex-firefighter sentenced for setting 26 fires in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced for starting more than 20 fires in the Wayne ...
Former first responder sentenced for starting dozens of fires in Ohio national forest
A former Gallia County, Ohio, fire department worker and police officer was sentenced to prison Monday for starting dozens of ...
Former Ohio 911 dispatcher admits starting forest fires to 'give the boys something to do'
James Bartels, a former 911 dispatcher in southeast Ohio, admitted to starting dozens of fires to "give the boys something to do." ...
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Federal Plan Would Open Ohio’s Only National Forest to Fracking
ATHENS, Ohio— A new Bureau of Land Management plan to open 40,000 acres of the Wayne National Forest to fracking for oil and gas looks almost identical to one a federal judge rejected in 2020. The ...
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Wayne National Forest mineral rights bids top $5M
WOODSFIELD — Twenty parcels covering 1,147.1 acres of Wayne National Forest in Monroe County, Ohio, are expected to garner more than $5 million in new mineral leases for the federal Bureau of ...
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Former Ohio fire dispatcher sentenced to 18 months for arson fires in Wayne National Forest
In Ohio, a troubling case of arson perpetrated by a former fire department dispatcher and police officer has come to a legal resolution. James A. Bartels, previously ...