Dresden, Tenn.–A former volunteer firefighter with the Dresden Fire Department was sentenced to jail for his part in arson fires in Weakley County.
Codie Austin Clark, age 27, was sentenced by Judge Jeff Parham to six months in jail, with four and a half months of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay over $10,000 in restitution to two of the victims.
Court documents indicate Clark is ordered to report to jail on January 30, 2023.
Clark pled guilty to arson in three separate incidents in Weakley County, one of which involved a fire at the New Salem Presbyterian Church in Sharon.
As we reported earlier, the fire investigation involved special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office.