May 7, 1982

Arsonist ousted

       A volunteer fire fighter, who plead guilty in April to setting fire to a mobile home he owned, has been removed from the White River Fire Department.  The department board of directors dismissed Douglas Chambers at a May 2 board meeting.  Pat McDaniel, a department spokesperson, said because the department bylaws permitted Chambers to appeal the action to the full membership, his dismissal was provisional until the next membership meeting.  She said Chambers did not appear at the meeting.  The incident that lead to his dismissal involved a fire at a mobile home Chambers owned in the Wheel Estates mobile home park in White River Township.  Douglas plead guilty to a Class D felony offense.  In a statement filed in Johnson Circuit court he admitted setting the fire to collect money on an insurance policy he held on the unit.  He helped extinguish the fire.  See a related story HERE.

 

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