As flames erupted behind him, Ronnie Dean Stout walked away calmly, blending in with other people who had been at Bidwell Park on Wednesday afternoon, enjoying the lush swimming hole, and who then ...

A hearing to determine whether the man accused of starting the Park Fire will go to trial, has been set for Jan. 10.

Ronnie Dean Stout II, the man arrested last week on suspicion of starting the sprawling Park Fire in Northern California, has ...

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said in a press release Thursday that Cal Fire arson investigators arrested 42-year-old Ronnie Dean Stout II, who they say was seen pushing a burning car ...

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey identified the suspect on Thursday afternoon as Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico. Ramsey said Stout has two prior strikes. The first one was a felony ...

Fire officials said the cause was arson and arrested Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, accusing him of pushing a burning car down a gully. The blaze burned out of control for weeks, eventually ...

On a hot Wednesday in July, Ronnie Dean Stout II stood next to a smoking Toyota Yaris near a swimming hole in Chico, California, and watched as flames grew, authorities allege. He made no effort ...

The man Butte County authorities have accused of arson in connection with the Park Fire — Ronnie Dean Stout, 42, of Chico — appeared before a judge Thursday, where his public defender asked for time ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, is accused of starting the fire on the afternoon of July 24 by pushing a burning car into a brushy ravine near the Alligator Hole in upper Bidwell Park The fire ...

On a hot Wednesday in July, Ronnie Dean Stout II stood next to a smoking Toyota Yaris near a swimming hole in Chico, California, and watched as flames grew, authorities allege. He made no effort to ...