An aspiring net weatherman in eastern Kentucky was recently arrested on second - degree arson charges after authority say he intentionally started a wildfire , the Associated Press reports . accord to police , 21 - year - old Johnny Mullins admitted to setting the fire to bring wide attention to his video on Facebook .
“ He likes to do Facebook videos and have mass surveil him on his ‘ weather prognosis , ’ so that ’s fairly much why he did what he did , ” James Stephens , law head of Jenkins , Kentucky , evidence the AP . “ He relish the attention he perplex from the Facebook material . ”
In his most late telecasting , titled “ serious Forest fire to extend , ” Mullins bear in front of a smoldering background and warn viewers to be “ extremely careful if you ’re out there . ”
“ As you could see behind me , we are look at with some forest fire condition across Virginia over there and of form its leading to some smoking over here in easterly Kentucky , ” says Mullins . “ We will proceed to keep you updated here on ‘ Weather Outlook . ’ Have a majuscule day . ”
Charactering Mullins as “ misguided , ” Stephens expressed sadness over the state of affairs .
“ It ’s really too bad because he ’s not a bad kid,”said Stephens . “ He did n’t realise how much danger he was putting other people in . ”
In the end , Mullins arrest may bring him the attention his videos alone could not : Since Saturday morning , view of “ Dangerous Forest fervidness to extend ” have almost replicate .
[ ABC News ]
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