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

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former southeastern Ohio fire ... federal prosecutors announced Monday. James Bartels, who served as an administrator for the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

A former southeastern Ohio fire department administrator will ... U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley ordered 52-year-old James Bartels of Rio Grande to serve the prison sentence and ...

A former Ohio fire department administrator was sentenced to prison after officials said he intentionally set 26 fires. James Bartels, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of timber set afire ...