A former Gallia County, Ohio, fire department worker and police officer was sentenced to prison Monday for starting dozens of ...

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

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

Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande, Ohio, said he started 26 fires in Wayne National Forest in 2022 to “give ... more than 1,300 acres of federal and state land were burned and more than 100 ...

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 ...

The series of blazes in 2022 scorched about 1,300 acres of land and prompted a costly ... both intentionally and mistakenly. In Ohio's Wayne National Forest, court records said more than 40 ...

James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande, Ohio, started 26 fires in the national forest in 2022, creating a substantial risk of death or significant injury to the public, as well as to firefighters from ...

A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for setting 26 ...

GALLIA COUNTY, OH (WOWK) – A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced for starting more than 20 fires in the Wayne National ... land. As the fires cost the U.S ...