In all my years of scrambling up and down the uneven crust of the earth, I’d never made a hunting trip as rough as this ... Beyond the ranch, in the heart of the Gila National Forest, sprawled half a ...

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 ...

GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WCHS) — 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 ...

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.

James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande, Ohio, said he started 26 fires in Wayne National Forest in 2022 to “give the boys something to do” and to distract himself from depression. According to ...

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 suspected arson fires were lit in 2022, and Bartels admitted to causing 26 of them. While working for the Greenfield Fire ...

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 ...