Hayman Fire

ReasonableFlamingo · 2019-06-26T01:11:10+00:00

A forestry technician with the U.S. Forest Service, Terry Barton, set the fire in a campfire ring during a total burn ban triggered by a National Weather Service red flag warning. Barton's claim that she was attempting to burn a letter from her estranged husband was disputed by one of her teenage daughters who testified that a psychology teacher had told Ms. Barton to write her feelings in a letter and burn it.

So she willing ignored a federal order.

The fire resulted directly in $39.1 million in suppression costs, total private property losses valued at $40.4 million,

So the fire damage cost $79.1 million dollars.

The fire resulted directly in the death of one civilian, and indirectly led to the death of five firefighters.

Ann Dow, 50, suffered a fatal asthma attack on the evening of June 10, 2002 when heavy smoke from the fire drifted over the Dows' home south of Florissant. She quickly lapsed into unconsciousness and paramedics could not revive her. Her death certificate lists the cause as "acute asthma attack due to or as a consequence of smoke inhalation."

Five firefighters died from injuries sustained from a June 21, 2002 traffic accident en route to the Hayman fire from Oregon: Zach Zigich, Retha Shirley, Jacob Martindale, Danial Rama, and Bart Bailey. They are listed in the memorial to fallen firefighters on the Wildland Firefighter Foundation's website.

I am surprised that since the victim was a female that there is no prison time but then again the perpetrator was a woman so I guess I should not be surprised.

Overall, 600 structures were burned in the fire including 133 homes, 1 commercial building and 466 outbuildings 138,114 acres.

Other indirect destruction included sediment runoff into a reservoir that is used as a water source for Denver. The removal of this sediment cost $25 million.

So add this $25 million to the 79.1 million and you get $104.1 million dollars. $104,100,000

Well that is quite a bit of money. Wonder what the punishment will be.

Well let us find out.

A federal grand jury indicted Barton on four felony counts of arson.

Sounds good and promising.

Let us continue shall we.

Barton pleaded guilty to two charges: setting fire to federal forest land and lying to investigators and was given a six-year sentence in federal prison.

This is good that there was prison time but bullshit that there was so little of it.

Let us continue shall we.

U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch refused, however, to impose the $14 million restitution asked for by prosecutors, saying he would not sentence her to a "life of poverty."

This is fucking bullshit twice over.

First is the paltry $14 million after she caused $104 million dollars in damage and clean up and the fact the judge was to much of a pussy to force her to pay it.

Additionally, the State of Colorado sentenced Barton to 12 years in prison to run concurrently with the 6-year federal sentence.

Bullshit. So in essence she is only sentenced to 12 years.

The state sentence was overturned on appeal, however, on grounds that the presiding judge had "the appearance of prejudice" because smoke from the fire had motivated him to voluntarily leave his home for one night.

This is bullshit. Now she is back down to the 6 years for all the damage she did.

In March 2008, Barton was re-sentenced by a different judge to 15 years of probation and 1,000 hours community service.

THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT Yes you read that right. No jail time or paying back any money for her.

Several insurance companies filed a $7 million suit against the government in the fall of 2008, claiming that Barton was negligent in her duties. In November, Judge Wiley Daniel ruled that the government was not responsible for Barton's actions because she was acting as an angry spouse and not as a government worker.

This is bullshit. They will not get their money back.

In August 2018, Barton's sentence was extended another 15 years in the form of unsupervised probation (the unsupervised probation was ordered to save legal fees that would then be redirected towards restitution)

What restitution? She was allowed not to pay any money back. I am sure the thousands of dollars in legal fess that were saved will make a dent in the $104 million dollars of damage she did.

Judge William Brian ordered that Barton continue to make payments toward the $14.5 million in restitution she owed as of the 2018 re-sentencing.

Not sure where this $14.5 million is coming from since the other judge said she did not have to pay the $14 million the prosecutors wanted.

The judge also ordered that Barton get a full-time job.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Oh you were serious. Let me laugh even harder.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I do not think it will happen.

So let us recap:

Cause $104.1 million dollars in damage and clean up.

Get ordered to pay back only $14.5 million after being told you do not have to pay back $14 million that was being seeked against you.

Get sentence to 18 years 12 of which will run concurrently with each other.

Get out of prison altogether.

Get sentenced to 30 years probation and 1,000 hours of community service.

juryriggedduty · 2019-06-26T02:02:06+00:00

people like this should be beaten and killed

Title	Hayman Fire
Author	ReasonableFlamingo
Upvotes	6
Comments	2
Date	June 26, 2019 12:47 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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