Feds Accuse Wyoming Man Of Intentionally Lighting Two Wildfires
Federal prosecutors have recently filed charges alleging that a Wyoming man intentionally set two small wildfires as a major fire burned nearby in July 2018.
Big Horn County resident Brandon Kenneth Nyberg is charged with unlawfully causing a fire to be started and burn grass and brush on Bureau of Land Management Land. If convicted, he faces up to a year behind bars, one year of supervised release and five years of supervised probation.
Additionally, he faces up to $1,000 in fines.
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According to a complaint filed in federal court on Thursday, a BLM ranger was working the Terek Fire in Big Horn County when he was advised of a new fire near McDermott Butte and Wyoming Highway 31. While attempting to gain access to the new fire, the ranger was advised of yet another new fire that ignited off Highway 41.
Feds Accuse Wyoming Man Of Intentionally Lighting Two Wildfires
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