Arizona firefighter accused of setting sequence of blazes out of ‘boredom’

A teenage firefighter from northern Arizona was arrested final week in reference to a sequence of latest arson incidents, which the smoke eater allegedly sparked out of “boredom.”

Karson Nutter, 18, of Ash Fork, confessed to setting at the least seven of the eight blazes that occurred in Ash Fork and Coconino County beginning on June 15, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday. 

Nutter, a volunteer firefighter with the Ash Fork Fireplace Division, stated he set the fires out of “boredom, retaliation towards a former employer, [and] chasing a thrill,” police stated.

4 of the arsons have been construction fires, authorities acknowledged. Throughout his confession, Nutter additionally stated that he focused “some deserted properties for being ‘ugly,’” in response to police.

Two of the fires Nutter allegedly set in Ash Fork occurred on the native Mobil Station, whereas the extra blazes each went up on the county-owned cemetery.

Authorities stated that the teenager confessed to a few out of the 4 city fires, although they didn’t specify which one he didn’t declare.

Nutter confessed to all 4 Coconino County fires, which embody two deserted properties and a pair of wildfires on Forest Service Highway 124.

Nutter was booked on the Yavapai Detention Middle shortly after midnight on Friday, inmate information present.

He’s at present going through three counts of arson to a construction, aggravated felony injury, and 5 counts of false reporting to regulation enforcement, the police assertion learn.

Further costs from Coconino County are additionally anticipated.