Volunteer Firefighter Arrested In Connection To Fire Investigation Case

The suspect is being held at the Scotland County Detention Center on a $50,000 secured bond.

On Wednesday, a volunteer firefighter in Scotland County was arrested.

An investigation has been ongoing for nearly a year regarding several suspicious fires in the Gibson area.

35-year-old Shane Deberry has now been charged with seven felony counts of setting fire to grass, brush-land and woodland, as well as one misdemeanor for injury to trees, crops and land.

Deberry is being held at the Scotland County Detention Center on a $50,000 secured bond.