Minneapolis (AP) – A camper from Washington, D.C., has been indicted on charges of causing a wildfire that blackened nearly 120 square miles of forest in northeast Minnesota and Canada, federal prosecutors announced last week. Stephen George Posniak, 64, is charged with three counts, including giving false information to a U.S. Forest Service officer. He […]
Man charged for causing Ham Lake fire last year
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