A former California professor accused of setting a series of small wildfires near where the massive Dixie Fire was burning this year was indicted Thursday on federal charges, prosecutors said.
Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, of San Jose, was indicted on four counts of arson to federal property and one count of setting timber afire, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of CaliforniaHe is not accused of setting the Dixie Fire, but is accused of setting four fires in July and August in the vicinity where firefighters were battling it.
The other two fires were contained at between 200 square feet and less than one acre, according to court documents.
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