COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former southeastern Ohio fire ... federal prosecutors announced Monday. James Bartels, who served as an administrator for the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department ...

The sentencing of James Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande, Ohio, comes after he pleaded guilty in September 2023, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio. Bartels was ...

Ohio — A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest three years ago. James Bartels ...

A former Ohio Fire Administrator will spend time in jail after he started dozens of arson fires in a national forest. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] James Bartels ...

James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande, Ohio, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for starting 26 fires in the national forest in 2022, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office ...

A former Ohio fire department administrator was sentenced to prison after officials said he intentionally set 26 fires. James Bartels, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of timber set afire ...

A former southeastern Ohio fire department administrator will ... U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley ordered 52-year-old James Bartels of Rio Grande to serve the prison sentence and ...

A former Ohio fire department administrator was sentenced to prison after officials said he intentionally set 26 fires. James Bartels, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of timber set afire ...

A former Ohio Fire Administrator will spend time in jail after he started dozens of arson fires in a national forest. James Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande Ohio, a former Greenfield Township fire ...