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RENO Page Two 2 A WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 Teens sentenced in Ray May Fire BRIEFLY MAN ARRESTED IN SURGERY CASE Sparks police have arrested a 40-year-old RAY MAY FIRE Started Aug. 16 from an illegal campfire. Two teenagers had pleaded guilty to starting the fire through gross negligence. Cost nearly $2.2 million to control. More than 3,800 acres burned.

1 0 structures destroyed, including a vacant home and a guest house. Source: RGJ archives OBITUARIES Fenoer, Barbara Giovannetti, Gary "Guido" Gordon, Joseph Edward Graves, Edwin R. King, Omer L. Jr. Luiten, Annette Bernadine Mahoney, Nadine Elaine Miller, Edward R.

Murphy, Tara S. Pieplow, Jane Isabelle Razdoroff, Raymond Robert Standi, Jason Michael Thompson, Mertice McQuerry White, Clifford E. Jr. Denotes In Loving Memory Complete obituaries, A tanker drops retardant on May Fire on Aug. 17.

marilyn the northeast side of the Ray newtonrgj file The second boy, who said he suffers from bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but takes no medication, was placed on house arrest and warned that if he continued to use marijuana, he also would be ordered to complete the treatment program at the youth camp. Dustman said the boy had been on informal probation for marijuana and other drug offenses when he started the fire. The teenager also was flunking school. Gamble demanded that the boy's mother be held more accountable for her son. Widespread damage Both boys had pleaded guilty to the felony charge of gross negligence for "causing more than 3,800 acres to be charred and destroying an unoccupied home on U.S.

Bureau of Land Management property and nine other sheds or similar structures in the Pine Nut Mountains, including a guest house owned by Gerdien Liska and her husband, David John. The fire also damaged or threatened hundreds of residential parcels managed by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, said Suzette Claypool, a Carson City-based BIA realty officer. She said that rebuilding the area would be difficult because of the checkerboard pattern of the fire damage. She said that during an Aug.

22 meeting with first responders and stakeholders, authorities also estimated that the fire had cost at least $2,835,373 to fight. A restitution hearing will be scheduled during the next 60 days to give authorities time to come up with a final financial loss. Douglas County could seek up to $10,000 in cost recovery from the family of each boy. No action had yet been made. The Ray May Fire began after the boys set a fire while camping and thought they extinguished it by urinating and stomping on it.

Winds helped spread the flames up the mountainside, threatening homes and causing neighborhood evacuations, fire officials said. "Fifteen years we put into building our area up to be a pristine place to live," said David John, who saw other structures burned in addition to the guest house. "Seven thousand feet and a view of the whole valley. The trees you can't replace. We put each nail and board in ourselves.

The loss is the paradise we had. "I don't see how anything can be restored. There's no point in rebuilding. There's no trees, and now, it looks like a nuclear holocaust." Other conditions of Gamble's probation order: The boys must write an apology letter to all the victims; be tested for drugs and alcohol and receive counseling; not possess matches, lighters or other fire-starters, like cigarettes; and attend a fire-diversion program. man for practicing medicine without a license.

Edgar 40, was arrested Monday. He is EDGAR OROZCO- ABUNDIS accused of performing a cosmetic surgery on someone in a Sparks home. Immigration officials also have placed a hold on the suspected illegal immigrant. Police said Orozco-Abundis admitted to performing medical procedures on family and friends. State Health Division officials said it's possible Orozco-Abundis is just one of many in a network of people performing backroom surgeries without a medical license, or performing them in non-medical facilities.

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If you see an error, please call the newsroom at 775-788-6397. Download our free iPhone app Week 1 Introduction By Jaclyn O'Malley jomalleyrgj.com For causing an August wildland fire that cost nearly $3 million to fight and destroyed land and structures on public, private and American Indian property, two 15-year-old boys were placed on probation and ordered to work 500 hours of community service. Judge David Gamble of Douglas County District Court on Tuesday said he was concerned about both boys' mental health conditions and their drug and marijuana abuse. The pair was not identified because they are juveniles. Gamble described the boys' negligence in the Ray May Fire in the mountains south of Carson City as "stupid" and something a "reasonable human" would not have done because of the high risk of danger and damage.

The judge said the incident is proof that both teenagers need a "serious intervention," adding that he hoped the incident would be an example to all how "fraught with error" even setting a fire can be. "I want to give them the tools to make decisions so that they don't end up turning people's lives upside-down and causing the community to be burned down," Gamble said of his order of probation. He said part of the boys' community service could be helping to build a monument to remember the fire since they would be unable to replant the thousands of acres the fire destroyed. He said the boys definitely would not be "picking up trash" and would have to work to rehabilitate what they damaged. Both boys' mothers told the judge that they wanted their sons to get help and psychiatric medications.

The boys apologized to the victims one only after Quiz Issues Quiz Mutual Funds Unm rf Ntmfc Raw DO YOU KNOW Gamble prompted him. Their attorneys stressed that the act was not malicious and was an accident. "I understand the mental health issues, but he is also a fine, functioning young man who is not stupid," Gamble told one boy's mother. "Even with those (psychiatric) diagnoses, this remains his responsibility, and it should not be blamed on some illness. Then, we are not serving (the boy)." Gamble ordered one boy to complete a substance-abuse treatment program at a local youth camp center and obtain a psychiatric evaluation.

Earlier concerns Two weeks before the Ray May Fire started Aug. 16, the boy broke a neighborhood boy's nose during a scuffle in front of the victim's home where his family had been playing basketball in the front yard, according to court testimony. Attorneys also said that parents had complained to school officials about the boy's bad behavior, and the scuffle victim's stepmother said that neighbors warned her about the boy's violence when her family moved into the area. Deputy District Attorney Karen Dustman added that the boy told investigators, "You have to admit, that's pretty freaking cool," when describing the fire. 4, 9 i 1 W.O .11 3: LAND CONWmUKT BOYS 8, GIRLS CLUB MUCMM MtAOOM DRI AN EXCEPTIONAL Week 2 Estate Planning Basics Week 3 Advanced Health Care Directive; Conservatorship and Power of Attorney over Assets Week 4 Advanced Estate Planning Week 5 Charitable Income and PROFESSIONAL Tax Planning Week 6 IRA; 401 403b and 457 plans distributions Week 7 Being a Trustee or Executor Week 8 Cast Study Review The RGJ 20 Under.40 Awards, presented by Reno-Tahoe YPN, is accepting nominations for the 201 1 awards program.

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