A couple of Colorado residents, temporarily banned and temporarily banned from Utah’s public territory after their approval of the charge associated with a theft and disturbance incident at an archaeological site in the Canyonlands National Park last year.
Roxanan Macanite, 39, and Spencer, a 43 -year -old, from Durango, Colorado, acknowledged that he was guilty of the American boycott court for possessing or annoying cultural or archaeological resources, as well as walking or entering archaeological or cultural resources – all misdemeanors, the United States Office on Friday.
A judge from Maknit in the year was sentenced to one year of observation while banning it from entering any public lands in Utah for one year. Judge Spencer gave a two -year embargo of Utah’s public lands, along with two years of testing. Both are also ordered to pay fines and recovery fees, which total $ 1500.
The accusation was charged in November 2024, months after Canyonlands National Park had reported that two people illegally entered into the Cave Spring Cowboy camp on the Cave Spring Trail road in the park. On March 23, 2024, the National Park Service corridor was seized outside the site on a man and a woman entering a fenced area before dealing with “many historical artifacts” from the site, according to federal prosecutors.
Prosecutors added that antique nails were also taken from the site.
Cave Spring Cowboy Camp features a mixture of historical and pre -history artifacts, according to National Park Service. It includes many “original” artifacts from the camps created by Major Cattlement from the late nineteenth century to 1975 when cattle raising in the garden stopped.
The site also includes many prehistoric artifacts, including signs of rocks from the original tribes that lived 6000 to 700 years ago. Prosecutors said that there are “clear warnings that prevent visitors from entering the area” at the site.
