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Two Arrests For Causing Fire In Forest Land

Posted: Mar. 20, 2019 5:27 PM PDT

Two Sacramento-area men are facing prosecution related to using a destructive device in Nevada County forest land. District Attorney Cliff Newell says 60-year-old Mark Martucci and 32-year-old Jacob Smith were using a rifle to do some target practice in the Bowman Lake area last September…

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Newell says Cal Fire managed to contain the vegetation blaze to about an acre, with a Forest Service outbuilding also scorched. Martucci and Smith are currently facing three felony charges of possession of a destructive device and the ingredients to make it, as well as recklessly causing a fire to a structure or forest…

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Newell says the men have no prior criminal history. They were arraigned on Monday, with their next court appearance scheduled for April 25th.

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