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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2002

Bureau of Indian Affairs employee Brian Neil Klinekole pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to setting fires in southern New Mexico.

Klinekole is charged with setting four separate fires on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. He also is accused of starting a blaze in Lincoln National Forest.

Get the Story:
BIA Worker Denies He Set 5 Fires (The Albuquerque Journal 8/1)

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