Man pleads guilty to burning cabin, starting forest fire

A 2022 arson case was resolved with a guilty plea in Jones County Superior Court last week. Michael James Authement entered a plea Jan. 25 to the charge of arson in the first degree. District Attorney Wright Barksdale said the charges against Authement were for burning down a cabin on Round Oak Road Nov. 9, 2022. The blaze also consumed 687 acres of the Piedmont Wildlife Ref...