INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ON NOV. 17: TRANSIENT WHO STARTED 'DAY FIRE', BURNED 162,000 ACRES SENTENCED TO NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN PRISON
November 17, 2008
November 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for the Central District of California issued the following press release:
A transient who started the 2006 Day Fire that burned more than 162,000 acres - most of which was in the Los Padres National Forest - and cost authorities more than $100 million in fire suppression costs was sentenced today to 45 months in federal prison.
Steven Emory Butcher, 49, was convicted in February of sta . . .
A transient who started the 2006 Day Fire that burned more than 162,000 acres - most of which was in the Los Padres National Forest - and cost authorities more than $100 million in fire suppression costs was sentenced today to 45 months in federal prison.
Steven Emory Butcher, 49, was convicted in February of sta . . .