Fire dept. administrator set 26 fires to ‘give the boys something to do’ in OH, feds say
In December, investigators spoke with Bartels and he admitted to starting 26 fires in the Wayne National Forest using a ...
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EMS service responds to record number of calls as wave of illness sweeps through Hamilton County
The Green Township Fire and EMS service responded to nearly double their average call volume Thursday and continued high ...
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Former OH Fire Administrator Sentenced After Intentionally Setting Fires
Bartels was working as an administrator for the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department, according to a criminal complaint. That October, a fire was reported and an officer with Ohio Natural ...
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Former Ohio 911 dispatcher admits starting forest fires to 'give the boys something to do'
were started in 2022 after Bartels resigned as an administrator for the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department. On Oct. 29, 2022, Ohio Department of Natural Resources law enforcement ...
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Ex-Ohio 911 dispatcher who admitted to starting forest fires gets 18 months in prison
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former southeastern Ohio ... James Bartels, who served as an administrator for the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department, said in an interview with law enforcement ...
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Former Ohio fire admin sentenced for starting dozens of fires to ‘give the boys something to do’
GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP ... officers with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources noticed a truck registered to Bartels near Wayne National Forest and within an hour a fire was reported in ...
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Ex-Ohio 911 dispatcher who admitted to starting forest fires gets 18 months in prison
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former southeastern Ohio fire official ... James Bartels, who served as an administrator for the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department, said in an interview with law ...