Volunteer fireman charged with arson

A Ringgold volunteer fireman was arrested and charged with arson of open land as a result of a multi-agency investigation.

Stephen Travis Lemon, 26, of Nocona, was arrested on Jan. 6 by the Montague County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of arson of an open space or land. Bond was set at $25,000.

“He was a volunteer fireman,” Chief Deputy Sheriff Jack Lawson said Monday. “He was setting fires so they could go put them out.

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Stephen Travis Lemon