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Homeless man convicted of Day Fire

By Jason Siegel

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A 49 year old homeless man was found guilty of starting the the 2006 Day Fire that burned more than 162,000 acres that injured 18 people and led to over $78 million in fire suppression costs. Steven Emory Butcher was also found guilty of causing the 2002 Ellis Fire that burned 70 acres, the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles reports.

Butcher faces up to 11.5 years in federal prison for two counts of willfully setting debris on fire and three misdemeanors that include letting what became the Ellis Fire escape his control, violating National Forest restrictions by building a fire that became the Day Fire and smoking in the Los Padres National Forest.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on February 18, 2008 (boomark / email).

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