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Notorious litterbug convicted of trashing Colorado national forest earns prison term
homeless man convicted of trashing a Colorado national forest with more than four tons of garbage was sentenced earlier this week to prison.
Benjamin Yoho, 41, was given a six-month sentence behind bars after a judge found him guilty of littering a large area of Uncompahgre National Forest north of Telluride, Fox 31 Denver reports.
“This was no ordinary case of littering in the National Forest — this was full-scale trashing of the public lands and merited a term of incarceration,” Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh said.
homeless man convicted of trashing a Colorado national forest with more than four tons of garbage was sentenced earlier this week to prison.
Benjamin Yoho, 41, was given a six-month sentence behind bars after a judge found him guilty of littering a large area of Uncompahgre National Forest north of Telluride, Fox 31 Denver reports.
“This was no ordinary case of littering in the National Forest — this was full-scale trashing of the public lands and merited a term of incarceration,” Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh said.
Seriously, the pic that goes with the story ...
... is disgusting. That's a beautiful, pristine part of Colorado. My wife's and my favorite spot is around Uncompahgre Peak.
The guy deserves jail time.