Only Thing That Stopped A Bad Guy With Trees Are Good Guys With A Tree
By Curt_Anderson July 26, 2022 10:10 pm Category: Crime (0.0 from 0 votes)
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Oregon man who started wildfires ends up tied to tree by locals, sheriff says
Published: Jul. 26, 2022, 4:46 p.m.
By The Associated Press
SALEM — A man who reportedly ignited wildfires in a remote, forested corner of Oregon was apprehended by three local residents and tied to a tree until police arrived, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Federal, state and county authorities responded to a radio call Monday from a U.S. Bureau of Land Management employee who reported a man was walking along a gravel road and setting fires, in the forest some 25 miles northwest of Grants Pass. Ground crews, assisted by local residents, and three helicopters quickly got the two fires under control, Curry County Sheriff John Ward said.
Meanwhile, three local residents located the suspect walking on the road near the fires and detained him. Trennon Smith, 30, of Veneta, Oregon, was being held on Tuesday in the Curry County jail on charges of arson and reckless burning, Ward said. Court documents did not say if he has an attorney. Bond was set at $100,000.
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Oregon man who started wildfires ends up tied to tree by locals, sheriff says
