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

In Ohio's Wayne National Forest, court records said more than 40 suspected arson fires were lit in 2022, and Bartels admitted to causing 26 of them. While working for the Greenfield Fire ...

Ohio, fire department worker and police officer was sentenced to prison Monday for starting dozens of fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors said. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande ...

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — A man who served as a former ... to pay $638,000 in restitution for setting 26 fires in Wayne National Forest in 2022. James A. Bartles, 52, was sentenced in federal court ...

GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio — A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest three years ago.

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 ...

The Wayne National Forest will conduct spring prescribed fires in five areas totaling up to 4,555 acres from approximately March 1 to May 30.

A former southeastern Ohio fire department administrator will serve 18 months in federal prison after admitting to starting dozens of wildfires in Wayne National Forest. U.S. District Court Judge ...