BOISE — The former owner of multiple contractor companies that provided fuel truck services to the U.S. Forest Service’s wildfire fighters was sentenced to prison on Thursday.

Ike Tomlinson, 61 of Terreton, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford to one year and one day in prison.

He will be required to pay a fine of $20,200 and be on a one-year probationary period after his release.

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According to court documents, Brailsford recommended Tomlinson be housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon.

Tomlinson and his co-conspirator, Kris Bird, were indicted by a grand jury in December 2023 on one count of felony conspiracy to commit wire fraud, five counts of felony wi

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