LAKE PARK, MINNESOTA (KFGO-AM) -- A Lake Park firefighter has pleaded not guilty to an arson charge.
Michael Gullard, 35, is accused of setting several grass fires in Becker County last Spring.Other firefighters became suspicious because they were responding to a large number of grass fires.
Gullard had only been with the Lake Park Fire Department a couple months. Court documents show the 911 calls reporting the fires came from Gullard's cell phone.
If convicted, Gullard faces 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.