A Columbus, Georgia, man has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to deliberately setting a wildfire that burned 108 acres in Talbot County.
According to the Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC), William Shane Harvey was taken into custody by GFC law enforcement officers near the fire in March. He was charged with arson in the second degree.
Harvey pleaded guilty to the charge on September 14 in Talbot Superior Court. He was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay restitution to the victims…