Ex-Ohio 911 dispatcher who admitted to starting forest fires gets 18 months in prison
James Bartels was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sparking 26 fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors announced on ...
Former Ohio fire admin sentenced for starting dozens of fires to ‘give the boys something to do’
He admitted to starting the fires with a lighter to “give the boys something to do” and to distract himself from his ...
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Fire dept. administrator set 26 fires to ‘give the boys something to do’ in OH, feds say
In 2022, Bartels was working as an administrator for the Greenfield Township ... reported and an officer with Ohio Natural ...
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Former Ohio 911 dispatcher admits starting forest fires to 'give the boys something to do'
U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley ... resigned as an administrator for the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department. On Oct. 29, 2022, Ohio Department of Natural Resources law ...