Gary Maynard “made a dangerous situation more perilous” by lighting some of his fires behind crews, authorities said
SACRAMENTO — A former college professor from the South Bay was sentenced Thursday to five years and three months in federal prison for setting a series of fires near the record-breaking Dixie Fire in summer 2021, according to authorities.Maynard admitted to setting four fires in summer 2021 — the Cascade Fire on July 20, the Everitt Fire on July 21, and the Ranch and Conard fires on Aug. 7, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
The Dixie Fire ignited on July 13, 2021, after a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. power line hit a tree. Over the next three and a half months, the fire burned 963,309 acres in five counties. It remains the largest single-source wildfire in the state’s recorded history.after a tracking device placed on his Kia Soul recorded his movements in forestland between Redding and Susanville. Three fires — the Moon, Ranch and Conard — were located along his route.
Maynard served as an adjunct faculty member at Santa Clara University from September 2019 to December 2020. He also taught online courses during the pandemic at Sonoma State University, Monterey Peninsula College and Chapman University.
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