Serial Arsonist Targets Hay

CRAIG COUNTY, Oklahoma - A serial arsonist has set fire to 166 hay bales in Craig County. Authorities say six different ranches in Craig and Mayes County have been targeted over the past few weeks. The damage is climbing in dollar amounts and putting ranchers in a tough spot as hay season ends and winter waiting around the corner. After several years of drought, hay producers in Oklahoma finally have a good hay crop, and then an arsonist torched their livelihood. There isn't much rancher Bill Propp can do other than watch the smoldering. Propp is the latest victim. "It takes about three days to burn them down,” he said. At about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, an arsonist set fire to Propp's hay near Big Cabin, destroying $6,000 worth of his round bales...more