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Wash. fire boss pleads guilty to misdemeanors for 4 crew deaths

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May 01, 2008

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Wash. fire boss pleads guilty to misdemeanors for 4 crew deaths

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The supervisor of a firefighting crew that lost four members in a 2001 wildfire pleaded guilty to misdemeanors Tuesday under an agreement that dropped manslaughter and other felony charges against him.

The criminal case against Ellreese Daniels, then a crew boss for the U.S. Forest Service, is believed to be the first against a wildland firefighter for deaths of comrades on the line.

"Like all plea agreements, there was a recognition of the evidence and the law as it exists," Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Rice saidFull Story

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