In U.S. District Court in Boise Tuesday, 23-year-old Matthew Williams pleaded not guilty to one count of setting public lands ablaze.......magicvalley.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison, fines and probation.
Investigators say Williams is responsible for an August 20 fire that burned 315 acres southwest of Emmett. The fire scorched a combination of land overseen by the Bureau of Land Management and private acreage. Williams was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this month.
