Charges were filed today, as warned before the crimes occurred. The offenses carry up to one year in jail and $100,000.00 fine. (The reporter e-mailed "we double checked that with the US Attorney....") Those charged include San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman plus Monte Wells, Shane Marian, Franklin Wells, and Jay Redd.
Brian Maffly - The Salt Lake Tribune reports:
Feds charge five Utahns in Recapture Canyon protest ride
Public lands » San Juan commissioner Lyman organized event to protest federal control of the landscape.
Federal authorities on Wednesday unveiled charges against a handful of the protestors who rode ATVs into southeast Utah’s Recapture Canyon last spring.
Acting U.S. Attorney for Utah Carlie Christensen announced charges against five of the protestors Wednesday.
........
BLM’s state director Juan Palma had warned protestors their actions would damage cultural sites, which are protected under federal law, and they would be held accountable.
......
May 10, 2014 at 06:02 PM PDT
Will the BLM Reward Terroristic Threats, Desecration & Vandalism in Utah's Recapture Canyon?
On edit Sept. 19:
No mention of the genocide which led to the local people living on the Native land!