Crime & Justice

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

WELL, OK THEN

James Bartels, of the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department, said he started the fires “to give the boys something to do,” according to a criminal complaint.

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