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Two Coloradans face prison costs after allegedly trespassing at a historic cowboy camp at Canyonlands National Park in Utah and stealing artifacts.
Durango, Colorado, residents Roxanne McKnight, 39, and Dusty Spencer, 43, allegedly “entered a fenced-off space” of the park “the place they then dealt with and stole quite a few historic artifacts preserved within the Cave Springs Cowboy Camp” on March 23, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Utah wrote in a Nov. 4 press launch.
Both are charged with theft of presidency property value lower than $1,000, possessing or distributing cultural or archaeological assets, and strolling on or getting into an archaeological or cultural useful resource, authorities stated.
They are scheduled to seem earlier than Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on the United States District Court in Moab, on Nov. 8.
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Dusty Spencer and Roxanne McKnight have been allegedly captured on a Canyonlands National Park path digital camera trespassing on the historic Cave Springs Cowboy Camp and stealing artifacts. (CanyonlandsNPS on X)
“This historic camp was protected by fencing and clear warnings prohibiting guests from getting into the world, which McKnight and Spencer disregarded,” authorities added within the launch. Court paperwork say the world is protected by a log fence.
The alleged thieves disregarded clear “no trespassing” indicators across the website, which homes artifacts from camps of pioneer cattle ranchers between the late 1800s and 1975, the lawyer’s workplace stated.
The camp additionally showcases historical rock carvings made by indigenous tribes about 6,000 years in the past, based on the park’s web site.
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McKnight and Spencer are charged with theft of presidency property, lower than $1,000; possessing or distributing cultural or archaeological assets; and strolling on or getting into archaeological or cultural useful resource. (CanyonlandsNPS on X)
Among the objects allegedly taken by the couple have been vintage nails, based on courtroom information.
In May, Canyonlands National Park distributed photographs of the pair that have been taken on path cameras.
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In May, Canyonlands National Park distributed photographs of the pair taken on path cameras. (CanyonlandsNPS on X)
“Law enforcement park rangers at Canyonlands National Park are looking for info from the general public to assist determine suspects concerned in an archaeological theft incident at Cave Spring Cowboy Camp within the Needles district of the park,” they wrote.
Historic artifacts relationship between the late 1800s and 1975 are pictured at Cave Springs Cowboy Camp. (NPS/Neal Herbert)
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“In a video recorded on the archaeological website, the people entered a signed-as-closed space, eliminated artifacts from a cupboard, and dealt with historic harnesses in a fashion that had potential to break them,” park officers stated.
