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A former college professor from San Jose pleaded guilty to setting three wildfires in the early days of the Dixie Fire in summer 2021.

A former criminal justice professor pleaded guilty Thursday to setting three blazes during the 2021 Dixie Fire, which burned nearly a million acres.

Ex-criminal justice instructor Gary Stephen Maynard pleaded guilty to 3 counts of arson, including for blazes he started behind crews fighting California's 2021 Dixie fire.

A former college professor from San Jose pleaded guilty to setting three wildfires in the early days of the Dixie Fire in summer 2021.

A criminal justice professor who has worked at various California colleges pleaded guilty Thursday after being charged with setting a series of blazes near the massive Dixie Fire in 2021. Gary Stephen Maynard, 49, pleaded guilty to three counts of arson to federal property in Sacramento federal court before U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta.

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Gary Stephen Maynard, 49, of San Jose, pleaded guilty to three arson counts in connection to fires in the Shasta National Forest and near the Dixie Fire in the Lassen National Forest, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

“It appeared that Maynard was in the midst of an arson-setting spree.”

A former Sonoma State University criminal justice professor pled guilty Thursday to starting multiple fires around the massive Dixie Fire and in Shasta County, prosecutors said.

(FOX40.COM) — A former California professor entered a guilty plea for three counts of arson in connection to a series of wildland fires in 2021 in the surrounding area of the Dixie Fire, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. On Monday, Gary Stephen Maynard, 49, admitted to starting […]