Wood County Volunteer Firefighter Faces Arson Charge
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Updated: 10:22 AM Nov 20, 2009
Wood County Volunteer Firefighter Faces Arson Charge
A volunteer firefighter faces an arson charge for allegedly setting a brush fire in Wood County.
Posted: 10:22 AM Nov 20, 2009
Reporter: Associated Press
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BELLEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A volunteer firefighter faces an arson charge for allegedly setting a brush fire in Wood County.

Wood County sheriff's Lt. Shawn Graham says 19-year-old David Keith Richards of Murraysville is accused of setting a pile of trash on fire in a field near Belleville. The fire spread several feed.

Richards is a member of the Pond Creek Volunteer Fire Department.

Graham says Richards confessed to authorities that he set the Tuesday fire to give the fire department something to do.

Richards was charged Thursday with arson. He remains free on $25,000 bond.

There was no telephone listing for David Richards. A call to a Ravenswood listing for D. Richards rang unanswered Friday morning.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2009 at 04:59 PM

SURPISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SUPPRISE.. COME ON WAKE UP AND SMELL THE SMOKE YOU MORONS
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2009 at 04:57 PM

I think it is in the water in West Virginia. Look at Madison Fire Dept, Mason Fire Dept. I think someone at the State Fire Marshall should be replaced, If they keep letting them get by with it(Mason) then they will keep setting fires. What wrong with the Fire Marshall they can not do their jobs anymore, Fire him and his assit. And start putting these people in jail. In case none of you noticed nothing has become of the mason firefighter again. Paper work lost again
Posted by: Observer on Nov 20, 2009 at 03:54 PM

This kind of thing seems to be really common in these volunteer fire departments. It must be something in the water in WV that attracts these kinds. They are volunteers that wants fo play with fire.
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