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Additional Charges in Woods Arson Case
Suspected woods arsonist charged with six counts of willful and malicious burning.
Release Date:
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Contact:

Ken Cabe

Information Officer

803-667-1050

Press Release:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 21, 2006; 4:45 p.m.

(Columbia, SC)  Forestry Commission agents have now charged suspected woods arsonist Christopher Lee Hartley with six counts of willfull and malicious burning.

Hartley was arrested last night after an agent on stakeout saw him start a fire on Camp MacBoykin Road on Manchester State Forest.

A bond hearing for Hartley is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center in Sumter.

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Subject Identification:
 Christopher Lee Hartley, DOB January 4, 1973
 3045 Tara Drive, Sumter, SC  29150

Legal Reference:
 SC Code 16-11-170, Wilfull and Malicious Burning

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