The Frederick County, Maryland sheriff’s office says a Frederick man suspected of setting an acquaintance on fire has been apprehended in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Cpl. Jennifer Bailey says 26-year-old Joshua Mashburn was picked up Wednesday by Little Rock police.
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service Assistant Chief Scott Graham confirms that until August of this year Mashburn had been a volunteer firefighter at the Burtonsville VFD. He had been a member for more than three years.
Mashburn is charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree arson and other offenses. He is accused of dousing a 48-year-old man with gasoline and setting him on fire with a candle. The attack occurred in the victim’s Frederick home early Saturday morning. A motive for the attack has not been provided by law enforcement officials.
Graham could not provide a reason for Mashburn’s departure from Burtonsville. Calls to Burtonsville’s chief earlier in the week have not been returned.
Burtonsville VFD was recently in the news for an incident involving a member who had a girlfriend sleep in the firehouse following a date.
Also on STATter911 …
- Quick Takes – December 11, 2009
- Investigation into Montgomery County, Maryland firehouse sleepover. Burtonsville VFD member’s Saturday night date discovered after she uses another firefighter’s bed as a toilet. – December 1, 2009
- Gasoline tanker fire in Montgomery County, Maryland. Raw video of the crash & burn on Montrose Rd. at I-270. Fireground audio. – January 14, 2010
- UPDATE- Maryland firefighter hit by vehicle at fire scene. Ends up on hood of car with serious injuries as she stretched supply line across a street. – November 16, 2009
WOW! l…What next Burtonsville….pot plants growing under the squad?
Horrible. Simply horrible.
i always knew something was weird about that guy when he came around a couple of years ago.
He definitely has that Jack Nicholson in ‘The Shining’ look going on. Do volunteer companies do any kind of psych screening of applicants?
How did this guy slip through the cracks at Burtonsville ?
Why would you think that the actions of a FORMER member represent the entire organization.
By no means does this guy represent what the BVFD is about. They might be a little overboard on things but overall would get an invitation if my house was on fire. you can’t say that about many dept’s today. Also 1 bad apple does not make the entire organization bad.
MCFRS has had it share of bad apples lately…… Alleged arsonist, and pedophile that got off a felony charge on a technicality.
He was a member at Urbana. Nobody is mentioning that.
“slip through the cracks”?
There is a REASON he is not a member anymore… I will just leave it at that.
“Why would you think that the actions of a FORMER member represent the entire organization.” Of course not but this is Statter911.com. Here we never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
here’s winking at you dave-
The fact of the matter is where theres smoke there is fire. The issues at Burtonsville VFD are now acute and the department is rolling over and playing dumb. These lapses of judgement and behavior have been going on for 10 plus years. They were recently kicked off a fireground in PG and this in not the first time for that. What will it take before something is done? Oh yea what can be done? Suspension!!!! Oh my god that hurts. Let a career guy or gal urinate on someone and he or she loses the career. A suspension! OMG!!!! Or when it comes to a physical altercation who’s fault then when the department has closed it’s eyes. I hope the firefighter that was urinated upon sues and sues. There will be another issue and I just can’t wait. Hope nobody gets hurt!!!
Background checks for the volunteer fd’s is a policy that has been delayed because the volunteer MCVFRA has issue with it!!!!! I wonder why!!!!! Let’s roll over again so we can foster another murderer.
“but overall would get an invitation if my house was on fire”.
I’m sure if your house was on fire, you’d “invite” ANYONE and take as much help that was sent. And after we are done … YOU would say THANK YOU !!!
God I hate people sometimes.
In the absence of anyone I’ll take what I can get but if you want the bare minimum take it. I’ll keep fighting and demanding professionals for my house fire with my tax dollars. You can have the three stooges at yours.
being that have been in the volunteer service for over 20 years yes people like this do slip through the cracks,we try to weed them out if we suspect anything but are not always able too.as the deputy chief in my dept. i can tell you that i have gotten rid of people like this but belive me it is hard to do today due to all the new EEO bull that you have to get around
this guy chatted me and my friend at the hookah ba in downtown frederick that same night WTF!!!!!
Maybe Jerry Ingles has a chance in Burtonsville? They do want to be the “Kentland ” of Montgomery.
Used to be assigned at that station myself few years back, and didn’t think anything bad about him. Guess you never can tell.
You are all a bunch of girls.
ohhh, I am a volunteer fire fighter. Ohhhh, I feel like a big man now, but wait there is so much drama at this fire house…no, there isn’t…yes there is…no there isn’t…is too…is not…is too… is not…
I used to ride the engine with Josh at BVFD a few years ago. He was definitely OK back then. Who knows what he’s gone through since ‘07. Life can take a sudden downturn and kick you in the teeth, and this is what can happen.