Douglas Gregory Edwards, 37, pleaded guilty to setting three separate fires July 5, 2020, on federal land known as the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
Edwards was arrested that same afternoon one-quarter mile from the fires, prosecutors said, and evidence found at the scenes were linked to him.
Edwards will face sentencing Oct,. 24, when he faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area.
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