- Easley Man Arrested for Woods Arson
- Forestry Commission officers charge a Pickens County man with woods arson.
- Release Date:
- Friday, July 14, 2006
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Contact:
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Ken Cabe
Information Officer
803-896-8820
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Press Release:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 14, 2006
(Columbia, SC) An Easley man could be facing up to a year in prison for starting a brush fire. Forestry Commission officers Friday arrested Roger Anthony McConnell, 51, on charges of woods 
arson.
Officers said that on June 6, McConnell intentionally set fire to a brush pile on a neighbor’s property without the owner’s permission. The fire spread into adjacent cutover woodland but quick response by Dacusville Fire Department kept damage to a minimum.
McConnell was booked into the Pickens County Detention Center. A bond hearing will be scheduled for Friday afternoon.
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Legal Reference
SC Code of Laws: 16-11-150, Intentionally burning lands of another
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