RAPID CITY, S.D. – A man was sentenced in federal court Friday after admitting to causing a fire in the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands that burned 2,600 acres.
Dillon Rose, 24, was driving his pickup truck off-road and eventually got stuck in a creek bed.
While attempting to get out, the bottom of the vehicle started a grass fire that lasted 40 days, causing more than $16,000 in damages.
Rose was ordered by the court to pay the restitution in full to the U.S. Forest Service, as well as paying a $500 fine to the court.
He’ll be paying the restitution in monthly payments of $200.
