A Grundy County, Iowa firefighter has been charged with a number of counts of arson for allegedly surroundings fires and responding along with his group to place the flames out.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Place of work opened an investigation right into a string of fires suspected to be arson, again in April 2023.
Lots of the fires had been in ditches, despite the fact that some unfold into within sight corn fields. Different fires the investigators regarded into integrated buildings on deserted homes.
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Kendall Eugene Rhoads reserving photograph (Grundy County Sheriffs Place of work)
Remaining week, the investigation got here to a head when detectives arrested 60-year-old Kendall Eugene Rhoads of Grundy Heart.
Rhoads has been a member of the Holland Volunteer Fireplace Division for the previous six years.
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The Grundy County Sheriff’s Place of work in Iowa arrested a firefighter who allegedly set fireplace to a number of ditches and deserted buildings earlier than responding to the flames with the hearth division. (Grundy County Sheriff’s Place of work Fb Web page)
Consistent with police, Rhoads allegedly began the fires and would reply with the hearth division to extinguish the blaze.
Rhoads has been charged with 13 counts of second-degree arson and a unmarried depend of reckless use of fireside or explosives.
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The investigation into the subject is ongoing, and the sheriff’s workplace encourages any individual with more information to touch them.
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Rhoads stays within the Grundy County Prison, the sheriff’s workplace stated, and is being hung on bond.
