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| Residents Tie Forest Fire Suspect to Tree, Wait for Police |
| 2022-07-28 |
| [PJMedia] The U.S. Forest Service began receiving calls about fires in secluded sections of woods in southwest Oregon, including regions accessible only by river or roads owned by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Witnesses reported seeing a lone man walking along a gravel road starting fires. Ground and helicopter teams dealt with the fires, and three local residents located a suspect, 30-year-old Trennon Smith of Veneta, Ore. Smith became combative with the three people, who summarily tied him to a tree to wait for the police. Smith was treated for an injury he allegedly sustained while falling down and then taken to jail. He is being charged with two counts of first-degree arson and one count of reckless burning. He is being held on a $100,000 bond. A few Twitter peeps began asking if Smith is a member of the non-binary, gender-free street mob, Antifa. A search of the Facebook profile believed to belong to Smith revealed nothing that would lead one to believe Smith is involved in Antifa. The quick actions of emergency crews and the local residents stopped what could have been a disaster, according to Sheriff John Ward. “The cooperation and partnership between all agencies when something like this occurs is remarkable. The quick actions on getting the fires out most certainly averted a catastrophe and saved lives,” Ward announced. “If the fires had not been contained and if they got out of control, they could have blocked all the residents and visitors from having an escape route,” Ward told AP News. |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #2 Just going to walk away saying they were half right. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-07-28 13:31 |
| #1 No immediate connection to Antifa or other terrorist groups at the moment. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-28 11:57 |