A conservative Oregon county attempts criminal prosecution of a federal employee

A conservative Oregon county attempts criminal prosecution of a federal employee Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Attorneys for a federal wildland firefighter whose controversial arrest in eastern Oregon by a rural sheriff drew national headlines have successfully delayed his trial while they try to move the case to federal court. Sponsor Message Snodgrass's arrest and later criminal indictment occurred after a controlled burn he led on federal land near a highway in the eastern Oregon mountains jumped to private land and burned 20 acres. "One man doing his job kind of caused the other one to have to do his," says Scott Myers, the Grant County judge and chief executive officer. But Grant County chief executive Scott Myers says generally relations between the county and federal land managers have gotten better.