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Show Two Escalante Men Charged In Federal Court Indictment ESCALANTE Two Esca-lante Esca-lante men are charged in an indictment indict-ment filed Dec. 11 in the U.S. Dis-rict Dis-rict Court in Salt Lake City. A federal grand jury brought charges against Jimmy Barney, 31 and David Woolsey, 24 on two violations each alleged to have taken place about May 25, 1991. The two men were served by summons and have been ordered to appear before a U.S. magistrate Jan. 17, 1992 at 1:45 p.m. in Salt Lake City. Both counts against the two come under the Archeological Resources Re-sources Protection Act The first count, charging the defendants de-fendants with knowingly excavating, excavat-ing, damaging, altering or defacing an archeological resource without a permit to do so, with restoration and repair exceeding $500, carries a maximum of two years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. The second count, charging Barney Bar-ney and Woolsey with willful injury in-jury to an archeological resource exceeding $100, carries a maximum prison sentence of five years and a maximum fine of $250,000. Costs of the damages were esti mated by a Bureau of Land Management Man-agement archeologist, and are the estimated values on repairing the site. United States Attorney David Jordan who announced the two-count two-count indictment against the two men said, "The damage that individuals indi-viduals cause when they illegally dig and deface archeologiical sites is incalculable. These sites are a national na-tional treasure and should be preserved, pre-served, studied, and used to research the past. They belong to all of the people, not just a select few who would use them for financial gain, or for curiosity purposes. The Archeological Protection Act prohibits pro-hibits any digging or damage of any kind to any archeological resource on public or Indian lands without a permit" |