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Published Thursday, November 26, 2009 in Local
Forester surrenders license after arson conviction
The Times-Herald
Clint Eric Ozier voluntarily surrendered his forestry license at the Nov. 18 meeting of the Georgia State Board of Registration for Foresters.
Ozier, a former forester at the Georgia Forestry Commission in Coweta and a county resident, is convicted of setting a fire on Nov. 6, 2007, in Meriwether County on the future site of the landfill being developed by Greenbow.
Ozier, who was living in Grantville at the time, started a fire on property owned by Meriwether Industrial LLC in the northwest area of the county near County Line Road. The fire did not cause significant property damage.
Ozier pleaded guilty in Meriwether County Superior Court in December 2008 to a lesser charge than arson and was sentenced by Judge William F. Lee to 12 months probation and a fine of $1,300.
The Meriwether County Sheriff's Office investigated the incident, along with the Georgia Forestry Commission's Arson Investigation Unit. Ozier was developed as a suspect and brought in for questioning on March 26, 2008, at which time he reportedly confessed to setting the fire, according to authorities. Ozier was arrested on March 28, 2008.
Ozier had been with the Georgia Forestry Commission since August 1985. He was a forester who primarily worked with private landowners, giving forest management advice, according to forestry officials.
Ozier's employment was terminated following his arrest.
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