Just set another fire. Multiple fires in a forest in Marion County, Florida have started appearing all over the area. Several officers, the fire department, and a helicopter unit are dispatched to the scene to stop the fires and to find the serial arsonist behind it all. Our helicopter's up now. They're going to see who's doing this. Air 1 Marion, how many firefighters does that CFR have in the woods right now? Hey, how many of you guys are in here right now? Air 1 4. Air 1 copy 4. B 26, there's possibly a subject actively starting fires. Yes, 10-4. We've got one PERSON TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE FIREFIGHTERS ARE IN the woods now. POSSIBLY NEAR A 10. DON'T KNOW IF HE'S A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL OR IF THIS is the one we're looking for, but there is a fire close to him. All right. Air 1 Marion, dispatch Air 1 4 to the vicinity OF 6 ACTIVE FIRES. 6. 10-4, 6 active fires. Hey Air 1, where are the other fires at for MCFR? They're all over the place, uh between Baseline and UH BEHIND WALMART. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOUTH OF WHERE THE FIREFIGHTER ARE GOING NOW. There's more fires now behind Walmart and on Baseline. 26, we're heading that way now. I'm almost out. I'm out. I just hit the big stuff. I can stomp out this little stuff. 56-1, I got more fire starting a little bit further south of where all the rest of units are at. 10-4. Yeah, we're going to have to add two more fires to the list. WE'VE GOT TWO THAT ARE JUST popped up on the uh west side of Baseline right there in the grove. 6M55, I see a flashlight moving through the woods just south of me. Looks like someone's running. Looks like someone's running. Try to at least get the flames. Yeah, I'm making my way over there. I just had another one pop up south of you. So, we got three of them right along Baseline now. Three fires right along Baseline on the west side. Hey, what's going on? Tiger, stop. It's okay. I'm sorry, did I scare you? Yes, I have an officer with me. I'm going to let you go so I can Hey, what's going on? What's going My name is William. Okay, who's doing the fires? I don't know. Okay. That's why I called the sheriff because There was another one over there. >> Okay. All right. Hey. All right, whoever the unit is that's on southern end, those two units that are on the southern end, we've got somebody walking in the woods that just on the west side of Baseline, just inside the woodline about 10 to 15 yards. All right, I need you to keep coming southbound till I tell you to stop. He said keep going southbound until he stops. He's about 100 yards ahead of you. Whoever's closest to your patrol vehicle is go back to your patrol vehicle and continue going southbound. All right, unit that's southbound, hold your position right there, just past that driveway, STRAIGHT INTO THE WOODS. HE'S STILL GOING SOUTHBOUND. Can you advise how far into the woods? He's about 20 to 30 yards into the woodline. You're a little too far south. Do you see where the spotlight is? The spotlight's on him. That's 10-4, it's just real thick to get in there. Are we still heading in the right way? That's 10-4, just keep heading towards the spotlight. >> He just set another one. Show them the subject you're watching just set another one. 10-4, he just set another fire. We can't see much. How far are we? How far are we? Start going to your left. Heard danger zone in the what? Uh, if you guys are maintaining a distance at the moment, he's moving pretty good. He's working his way south down towards that power substation. If we can put a unit in there. Air one, are you still hitting him with the spotlight? Yeah, he's still in the spotlight. Go 90° left. 90° left. Go left. Go left. We just hit the magic we just hit the trail. Okay, I see you guys on the trail now. Go 90° to your left. He's about 45 yd to your left. He just set another fire. Nice, dude. See the fire right there. Give me your spotlight. All right, proceed that direction. As fast as you can. >> As fast as you can. All right, come back a little bit towards to the south and to your right where you see the light. Big spider right here. Keep going south. Keep going towards the spot light. Holy YEAH. YEP. I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS KEEP GOING IN THAT DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING TO THE SOUTH there towards the spot light. At the light? We got to be right on top of him almost. How are we looking? Go a little more to your left. Keep going. He's about 40 yards AHEAD OF YOU. I GOT VISUAL. LET ME SEE YOUR ASS! ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT NEAR HIM. I can't see you guys out of the trees right now. Oh. LET ME SEE YOUR ASS! GET ON THE GROUND! GET ON THE GROUND! PUT YOUR HANDS OUT RIGHT NOW. SPREAD your hands. I don't know if my communication is going out of the trees right now. Can you say that again? How many cars? >> Yep. SPREAD YOUR HANDS OUT RIGHT NOW. GET YOUR HANDS OUT! >> PUT YOUR HANDS OUT! PUT your hands behind your back. I'm not going to follow go. You want to follow Let me get your other hand back here. I'm really sorry. I'm not going to follow me. Shut up. Shut the up. Get up. over on your side. Get up. What do you got on you? Sit down. Sit down. What's your first name? Jason. Where's your wallet, Jason? In my back pocket. Roll over on your side. I'm taking just your wallet out of your pocket. >> Yes, sir. Jason. Okay, I'll be taking you to jail for that, then, huh? Good eyes, bud. I'm an honest person. Yeah? So, what were you doing out here in these woods? I was just sitting here chilling by myself. >> You were sitting here chilling by yourself. We'll talk about that more later. How's that? Okay. Sit up. We're going to get you out of here. What are you moaning about? >> My chest. How come your chest hurts now, but it wasn't when you were doing all that earlier? You can run through the woods and start fires. Stand up. You got anything else you're going to poke me, stick me, hurt me? No, sir. No weapons. Okay, no weapons. Just stuff to start fires, right? Stand up. Hey, you can either walk out of here like you walked in or we can drag you out. Or we'll drag you out of here. >> I'll walk. Hey, stay right there. I'm good. I know you. I just beakerated you last month. Just sit down here. What you doing, man? My girlfriend broke up. Found out I had six months to live. Living with colon cancer. I knew I had colon cancer, but I didn't know I had it that bad. Any lighters or anything on you? No, but he he's already making spontaneous statements that he did it cuz his girlfriend broke up with him. And he's he said he only has a few months left to live from colon cancer. And I I am convinced No, you're not a piece of You're not a You're not a piece of buddy. You're just You're just made a really bad decision. You got any Did you have lighters on you? I didn't check yet. Good job, bud. Good job on you. Man, you did good. You were running through here like banana spiders like the size of half dollars. The suspect was identified as 47-year-old Jason Satterly. Two of the many fires he set grew to cover more than 6,000 square feet each before all of them were extinguished by officers and the fire department. He was later charged with malicious burning of land, culpable negligence exposure to harm, and failure to report himself as a sex offender. He was adjudicated guilty on all charges and was sentenced to 6 years, 8 months, and 21 days in prison with 4 months and 17 days of jail credit. [music] He will be released back into the public in January of 2031 when he is 53 years old. >> Think about the mindset behind this because sometimes when people feel like their life is collapsing, they stop trying to control the damage. They start trying to spread it. Almost like if everything is cyphers brought down already, they want the outside world to match it. Wildfire smoke doesn't just disappear when the flames go out either. Wildfire smoke exposure has been linked to reduced lung function, heart problems, strokes, and long-term respiratory issues because of the fine particles left in the air. That's the thing about destructive decisions. Some people think they're only burning down one thing, when really they're leaving damage that hangs around long after they're gone.