(KNZA)--An arson investigation leads to the arrest of a former Jackson County volunteer firefighter.
Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, in a news release, says 27-year-old Jacob Kenneth Grant was taken into custody Wednesday evening and faces 13 counts of arson.
According to Morse, his department's investigation focused on numerous suspected arson grass fires that occurred from February 28 to March 20, in southwestern Jackson County.
It's alleged that Grant set the fires, and then responded as a member of the Delia Fire Department.
Following his arrest, Grant was booked into the Jackson County Jail.
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