A Grundy County, Iowa firefighter has been charged with a number of counts of arson for allegedly setting fires and responding together with his workforce to place the flames out.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Workplace opened an investigation right into a string of fires suspected to be arson, again in April 2023.
A lot of the fires had been in ditches, although some unfold into close by corn fields. Different fires the investigators seemed into included constructions on deserted properties.
Kendall Eugene Rhoads reserving picture (Grundy County Sheriffs Workplace)
Final 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 Workplace in Iowa arrested a firefighter who allegedly set fireplace to a number of ditches and deserted constructions earlier than responding to the flames with the hearth division. (Grundy County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb Web page)
Based on 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 single rely of reckless use of fireplace or explosives.
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The investigation into the matter is ongoing, and the sheriff’s workplace encourages anybody with further info to contact them.
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Rhoads stays within the Grundy County Jail, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned, and is being held on bond.
