Men may face federal charges after drunken dip at Death Valley’s Devils Hole [View all]
Posted May 12, 2016 - 5:54pm
Updated May 12, 2016 - 10:59pm
By RACHEL CROSBY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
... The men shot off an electronic security sensor with a shotgun, shot up a sign, damaged two surveillance cameras and shot two gate locks before ramming the gates with an off-road vehicle ...
They then “stomped around the shelf area of the critical ecosystem before swimming around the deeper water, leaving behind a pair of dirty underwear when finished.”
Afterward, park employees collected the pair of boxer shorts floating in the water for evidence, along with both vomit and beer cans littered in the area nearby.
Officials believe at least one of the fish died, and biologists are currently “trying to ascertain the extended damage that may have been done to food sources and egg sites,” said Nye County spokesman David Boruchowitz. The damage could lead to more loss of life for a species whose numbers in the wild are at about 115, according to the latest count ...
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