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

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 ...

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 ...

MORAINE, Ohio (WDTN) — Erica Baker – it’s a name that many in the Dayton region will never forget. On the afternoon of Feb. 7, 1999, nine-year-old Erica Baker was walking her dog in a ...

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 ...

Ohio — A former southeastern Ohio fire official was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $638,000 after he admitted to starting over two dozen fires with a lighter in Wayne National ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A former fire official has been sentenced to prison for intentionally setting several fires in a national forest in Perry County. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande ...

She served as a manager trainee at Moraine, Point and Laurel Hill state parks and assistant park manager at Cook Forest and Clear Creek state parks. She worked in operations and training of the ...

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