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‘Depressed’ Fire Dept. Dispatcher Admitted Setting 24 Wildfires, Feds Say

Por: The Daily Beast Nation December 21, 2022

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A raging wildfire that was the handiwork of a down-in-the-dumps emergency responder who did it to keep local firefighters from getting bored, .James A. Bartels, a now-former 911 dispatcher for the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department, is charged with “timber set afire,” the federal justice system’s version of arson. Bartels, 50, set at least 24 fires in the Wayne National Forest over several months, the complaint alleges.Reached... + full article



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