The latest on Jim Wilde vs the Park Service

[Dand]

From the Daily News Miner.  This ought to provide some fuel for discussions 'round the wood stoves while its so blazing cold outside.
Wonder if this is the last of it or if he'll appeal.


Jim Wilde sentenced for 2010 Yukon-Charley standoff

by Sam Friedman /sfriedman@newsminer.com
Jan 06, 2012 | 2405 views | 22  | 10  |  |




Updated 7:38 p.m.

FAIRBANKS - A misdemeanor criminal case out of the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve that sparked a larger controversy last summer over federal policing power on rivers in national parks in Alaska came to something of a conclusion Friday afternoon with a sentencing hearing at the Fairbanks Federal Courthouse.

Central resident Jim Wilde, 71, who cursed at two park rangers and avoided stopping his boat for an inspection last summer, received a $2,500 fine Friday and a reprimand from Magistrate Scott Oravec for what Oravec called a “willful” violation of the law.

“We are here today because of your actions and the consequences of your actions,” Oravec told Wilde.

Oravec said the trial showed that Wilde was to blame for not responding to rangers’ orders and for creating a dangerous situation on the river. He said a significant fine was necessary as a deterrent for Wilde and others. However, he said additional jail time or probation were not merited based on Wilde’s minimal criminal record.

The fine is a fraction of the $40,000 Wilde reportedly spent on his legal defense.


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[Thebear_78]

The whole thing is BS from a pair of overreaching newbie Feds.   One of these days they are going to figure out that they are all alone out there in a big tract of land and it might be better to play nice.  Out in the bush can be a dangerous enough place,  being alone out there with no friends can make it a lot worse.  You never know when they might find themselves needing help from the people they deal with.  Its not uncommon for law enforcement to need aid from time to time from the locals.   PR like this will make it all the more likely for the locals to refuse to come to their aid.

[Sourdough]

Satterburg (Jim's Attorney) is taking an appeal forward, porbono to try and get some decission on this as being Federal Overreach.