Ex-Bay Area professor pleads guilty to igniting arson fires

(KRON) — A former Bay Area university professor admitted to setting arson blazes around firefighters who were battling the Dixie Fire, the largest single wildfire in California’s history. Gary Stephen Maynard, 49, of San Jose, pleaded guilty on Thursday to three counts of arson on federal property. He faces up to 20 years in prison […]

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