He admitted to starting the fires with a lighter to “give the boys something to do” and to distract himself from his ...

James Bartels was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sparking 26 fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors announced on ...

In December, investigators spoke with Bartels and he admitted to starting 26 fires in the Wayne National Forest using a ...

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

James Bartels, a former fire department administrator, claimed he set the 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 ...

A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for setting 26 ...

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

In Ohio, a troubling case of arson perpetrated by a former fire department dispatcher and police officer has come to a legal resolution. James A. Bartels, previously ...

A 25-year-old Holmes County woman died early Sunday morning in a one-car crash in Wayne County's East Union Township.