A former Ohio fire department administrator was sentenced to prison after officials said he intentionally set 26 fires. James ...

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

James Bartels, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of timber set afire, according to court documents. In February, he was sentenced to one and a half years in prison, according to a Feb. 10 news ...

James Bartels, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of timber set afire, according to court documents. In February, he was sentenced to one and a half years in prison, according to a Feb. 10 news ...

U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley ordered 52-year-old James Bartels of Rio Grande to serve the prison sentence and pay more than $638,000 in costs for starting the fires. According to ...