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Amid a series of arson incidents across Northern California this year, a criminology professor was charged with setting a patch of the Sierra Nevada forest ablaze.

Amid a series of arson incidents across Northern California this year, a criminology professor was charged with setting a patch of the Sierra Nevada forest ablaze.

Some experts have already been saying that the COVID-19 pandemic may be causing arsons to spike, much as it has caused other types of serious crime to spike as well. And a couple of recent examples in Northern California feature suspects with tenuous mental health.

A college professor suspected in a series of arson fires has been charged with setting a small blaze in a forest near Northern California’s massive Dixie...

A college professor suspected in a series of arson fires has been charged with setting a small blaze in a forest near Northern California’s massive Dixie...

A college professor suspected in a series of arson fires has been charged with setting a small blaze in a forest near Northern California’s massive Dixie Fire

Updated August 11, 2021 at 5:37 PM ET Firefighters battling the Dixie Fire have also been facing a second enemy: a serial arsonist who went on a spree

Gary Maynard is a college lecturer who used to work at Santa Clara University and Sonoma State. He's accused of starting the Ranch Fire over the weekend in Lassen County, and could be connected to a handful of other fires in Northern California.

Federal prosecutors say Gary S. Maynard, who previously lived in Columbus, is suspected of setting forest fires near Californias Dixie Fire.

Can go any direction. >> reporter: the fire decimating small town greenville, destroying nearly every man made structure in sight. historic homes and businesses levelled, whole neighborhoods wiped off the map. 47-year-old college professor gary maynard was arrested and charged for serial arson, accused of starting the nearby ranch fire. he was in the midst of an arson setting spree and tried to trap first responders by gaining access to an evacuation zone and lighting fires behind them. >> repor...