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DeKalb County authorities charge Alabama men with starting two area wildfires

Todd Thomas Stone, left, and Jerry Nabors have been charged with starting two of the more than 150 wildfires firefighters have battled during the ongoing drought in the greater Chattanooga area.
Todd Thomas Stone, left, and Jerry Nabors have been charged with starting two of the more than 150 wildfires firefighters have battled during the ongoing drought in the greater Chattanooga area. Todd Thomas Stone, left, and Jerry Nabors have been charged with starting two of the more than 150 wildfires firefighters have battled during the ongoing drought in the greater Chattanooga area.

By Ben Benton 2 min read

photo Todd Thomas Stone
photo Jerry Nabors

Authorities in DeKalb County, Ala., have charged two local men with starting two of the more than 150 wildfires firefighters have battled during the ongoing drought.

Todd Thomas Stone, 33 of Cedar Bluff, was charged with second-degree arson and second-degree criminal mischief in connection with an Oct. 24 barn fire on County Road 107.

DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said investigators found that the barn had been rammed and 100 bales of hay, a $50,000 hay baler and two lawn mowers were destroyed in the blaze.

The situation was bit more tense when 69-year-old Boaz resident Jerry Nabors was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and willfully setting fire to wild lands, Harris said in a statement. The blaze Nabors allegedly started burned 25 to 30 acres, officials said.

On Monday, authorities responded to a fire at a County Road 379 home in the Aroney community where fire officials approached Nabors to ask him to put out the fire, but he refused “and ran them off.”