Ronnie Dean Stout II sits for a hearing Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in Butte County Superior Court in Oroville, California with public defender Nicole Diamond. (Steve Schoonover/Enterprise-Record) ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II, of Chico, is accused of starting the Park Fire on the afternoon of July 24 by pushing a burning car into a brushy ravine near the Alligator Hole in upper Bidwell Park.

Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, is accused of pushing a burning car into a ravine in upper Bidwell Park, triggering the fire that burned almost 430,000 acres and destroyed more than 600 ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, also denied all special circumstances relating to the arson charge and prior convictions, court records show. Stout was arrested on July 25, the day after the ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II sits Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 in an Oroville, California courtroom, where a not guilty plea was entered to a charge of intentional arson.

Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, was seen pushing a burning car into a gully near the Alligator Hole in upper Bidwell Park on July 24, sparking what has become known as the Park Fire, the Butte County ...

A Chico man pleaded not guilty to starting California’s fourth largest wildfire, which has burned more than 429,000 acres across four northern counties since it ignited in July. Ronnie Dean Stout II, ...

Citing the seriousness of the crime and the defendant's criminal history, Superior Court Judge Kristen Lucena denied bail for Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico.

The man accused of arson in connection to the Park Fire appeared in Butte County Superior Court on Thursday, but again did not enter a plea to the charges against him. It was Ronnie Dean Stout II ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II sits in Butte County Superior Court Judge Kristen Lucena’s courtroom with public defender Nicole Diamond during arraignment Monday, July 29. 2024 in Oroville, California.