Wayne National Forest, Ohio

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 Monday.
Former first responder sentenced for starting dozens of fires in Ohio national forest
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, pr
Ex-first responder sentenced for setting 26 fires in Wayne National Forest
A man who served as a former fire official, police officer and Gallia County 911 administrator has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to
Former Ohio 911 dispatcher admits starting forest fires to 'give the boys something to do'
James Bartels, a former 911 dispatcher in southeast Ohio, admitted to starting dozens of fires to "give the boys something to do."
Former Ohio fire official who set dozens of arson fires gets 18 months in prison
James Bartels, a former fire department administrator, claimed he set the fires to "give the boys something to do."
Former fire official sentenced for arson in Ohio national forest
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Fire dept. administrator set 26 fires to ‘give the boys something to do’ in OH, feds say
In December, investigators spoke with Bartels and he admitted to starting 26 fires in the Wayne National Forest using a ...
Ex-firefighter sentenced for setting 26 fires in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced for starting more than 20 fires in the Wayne ...
'Give the boys something to do': Former Ohio fire admin sentenced for arson
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 ...
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Federal Plan Would Open Ohio’s Only National Forest to Fracking
ATHENS, Ohio— A new Bureau of Land Management plan to open 40,000 acres of the Wayne National Forest to fracking for oil and gas looks almost identical to one a federal judge rejected in 2020. The ...
Former fire department admin admits to sparking 26 fires, receives 18-month sentence
James Bartels, 52, started 26 fires in the national forest in 2022, according to United States Attorney Kenneth Parker’s office.