August 5, 2021 10:15 a.m. 

Troopers with Oregon State Police jailed a man who allegedly started several fires Wednesday night.

An OSP report said at about 9:15 p.m. the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said a man had been trespassed from the Douglas County Fair. Fair security followed the man out onto Interstate Five where staff with the Oregon Department of Transportation said the suspect was running in traffic on the freeway.

When troopers arrived, the man had crossed the river and was walking on the south bank of the South Umpqua River. OSP attempted to locate the man on Tipton Road but did not find him. 911 dispatchers then received multiple calls stating that a man was on Highway 99 South starting fires on the shoulder of the road.

The report said by the time law enforcement arrived, there were several fires burning in the ditch and the man was gone. OSP then got information from ODOT that the man was back on the freeway near milepost 120, close to the river, and was running in traffic again.

The man was found running up the bank lighting fires as he ran through a very dry grass field. The suspect was taken into custody.

32-year old Myson Houck was charged with second-degree disorderly conduct and five counts of reckless burning. Bail was set at $32,000.