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N.C. U.S. Attorney: Asheville Jury Convicts Franklin, N.C. Man of Starting Fire That Burned More Than 70 Acres of Federal Land
January 07, 2022
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Dena J. King, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2022:

U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that a federal jury sitting in Asheville found Casey Lee Evans, 42, of Franklin, N.C., guilty of starting a fire that burned more than 70 acres of federal land.

According to filed court documents, evidence presented at trial and witness testimony, on April 3, 2020, l . . .

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