No formal charges yet in October arrest of Forest Service burn boss in Grant County

Six months after a U.S. Forest Service employee was arrested on suspicion of reckless burning while supervising a prescribed burn in Grant County, no formal charges have been filed in the case.

In the days that followed, the case drew national and even international media attention. It was believed to be the first time a Forest Service firefighter had ever been arrested while doing their job. The arrest was widely condemned by federal officials and members of the wildland firefighting community.