It is one of 11 major wildfires burning across the drought. Officials have long warned that even a single spark can grow into a massive fire amid the region’s bone-dry vegetation and record-breaking heat. The arrest comes as firefighters struggle to contain the monstrous Dixie fire, which swelled to more than a half-million acres Wednesday. It is one of 11 major wildfires burning across the drought-ravaged state, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. A Lassen County man was arrested in the Dixie Fire evacuation zone after California Highway Patrol officers say he refused to leave and drove his pickup truck at an officer. Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, was charged with 'willfully setting fire to any timber, underbrush, or grass upon lands owned by the United States,' an affidavit states.
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7), and the Conard Fire (Aug. A former criminal justice professor was arrested Saturday and accused of setting a series of fires in Northern California near the area where the massive Dixie Fire continues to burn. Gary Maynard has been charged with setting the Cascade Fire (July 20), the Everitt Fire (July 21), the Ranch Fire (Aug. These are preliminary numbers taken from. The arrest comes as firefighters struggle to contain the monstrous Dixie fire, which swelled to more than a half-million acres Wednesday. Criminal Justice lecturer indicted for setting fires behind firefighters battling Dixie Fire. The below statistics are tracked on a weekly basis and provide a snapshot of the number of fires and acres burned. Tracking device data showed he had stopped at the location for about 30 minutes. He was arrested Saturday in a restricted area near the scene of the Conard fire, which was sparked the same day as the Ranch fire about three miles away. A Lassen County man was arrested in the Dixie Fire evacuation zone after California Highway Patrol officers say he refused to leave and drove his pickup truck at an officer. Charges have not been filed in those cases. In the weeks that followed, investigators used tire tracks, location data, EBT card activity and vehicle records to link Maynard to the sites of several other fires at the time of their ignition.
Shasta, tire tracks at the scene matched those of Maynard’s car. A suspect has been formally charged with setting fires behind firefighters that were battling the Dixie Fire, according to the. Maynard was previously a lecturer at a number of California schools, including Sonoma State University, where he taught classes on criminal justice, cults, and deviant behavior.When a second fire erupted early the next morning near the Everitt Memorial Highway on Mt. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. If convicted, he could be sent to prison for up to 20 years and fined as much as $250,000, according to the U.S. While in custody, according to an affidavit, the ex-teacher “became enraged and began kicking the jail cell door.” Court records state that he began screaming: “I’m going to kill you, fucking pig! I told those fuckers I didn’t start any of those fires!” Maynard was arrested earlier this year after an investigation that involved a tracking device being put on his car.
He now faces four counts of arson to federal property and a count of setting timber alight. His blazes threatened to trap firefighters battling the Dixie firestorm, California’s second largest in history. NorCal college professor arrested on suspicion of setting 7 blazes near Dixie Fire by: Nexstar Media Wire. 19, CHP officers were patrolling the area of Lakecrest Road in the town of Janesville.
According to a statement from the CHP, on Aug. The Thursday indictment charges Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, with setting four fires over the course of two weeks in July and August. Local man arrested in Dixie Fire evacuation Zone AugStaff A Susanville resident was arrested this week after officers allegedly encountered him in a mandatory evacuation order zone. On Tuesday, Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, was. A federal grand jury in Sacramento has indicted a former Santa Clara University professor on charges related to an arson spree near the massive Dixie Fire this summer. A college professor has been arrested in connection with a series of arsons in forest areas that sit near the ongoing Dixie Fire in Northern California.
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