Fire chief accused of setting fires that tribe was paid to fight

TOPEKA - The former head of an American Indian reservation's volunteer fire department is accused of setting fires the tribe was paid to fight.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas says former Kickapoo Tribal Volunteer Fire Department chief Stephen Ramirez of Horton was charged Wednesday with four federal counts of wire fraud. Former volunteer firefighter Arlene Negonsott also was indicted on the same charges.

Prosecutors say Ramirez recruited Negonsott to set fires on the Kickapoo reservation from July to November 2015 that the fire department was called to fight.

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