A Border Patrol agent has pleaded guilty to starting a massive wildfire in Arizona on the day of his wife's gender reveal party. Dennis Dickey, 37, pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor violation for starting the 2017 Sawmill Fire near Green Valley which is estimated to have caused around $8.2million worth of damage. According to authorities, the off-duty Border Patrol officer immediately reported the fire to law enforcement and cooperated with them. Mr Dickey will now have to pay $220,000 in restitution after he pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a misdemeanor charge of causing a fire without a permit. Nearly 800 firefighters from various agencies battled the Sawmill Fire for about a week in April 2017, at a cost of about $8.2 million.

Source: Daily Mail October 01, 2018 14:03 UTC