James Bartels was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sparking 26 fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors announced on ...

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

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

James Bartels, a former fire department administrator, claimed he set the fires to "give the boys something to do." ...

In December, investigators spoke with Bartels and he admitted to starting 26 fires in the Wayne National Forest using a ...

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

James Bartels, 52, started 26 fires in the national forest in 2022, according to United States Attorney Kenneth Parker’s ...

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

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

A former Ohio Fire Administrator will spend time in jail after he started dozens of arson fires in a national forest.

A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to starting dozens of fires in Wayne National Forest. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio ...

Bartels came under suspicion after an Ohio Department of Natural Resources law enforcement officer saw a truck registered to Bartels near Wayne National Forest on Oct. 29, 2022, and within an hour ...