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Demovictory9

(32,320 posts)
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 02:14 AM Oct 2021

update: she got 4 days in jail and barred from Yellowstone for a year, $1k fine, $1k community svc p

I posted about this a few months ago. she just go her sentence




Samantha Dehring was filmed close to a grizzly bear and three cubs at Yellowstone in May.
The US attorney's office in Wyoming said she stayed and took pictures as the bear charged toward her.
She was sentenced to four days in jail, fined, and barred from the park for a year.

A woman was sentenced to four days in jail after refusing to move away from a grizzly bear and two cubs at Yellowstone National Park in May.

Bob Murray, the acting US attorney for the District of Wyoming, said on Thursday that Samantha Dehring, 25, pleaded guilty to "willfully remaining, approaching, and photographing wildlife within 100 yards."

His office said that Dehring did not move away from the bears as they approached,

Dehring was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and make a $1,000 community-service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Wildlife Protection Fund. She was also barred from the park for a year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/a-yellowstone-tourist-was-sentenced-to-4-days-in-jail-after-a-video-showed-her-refusing-to-move-as-a-grizzly-bear-charged-at-her/ar-AAPh1UR?ocid=msedgntp
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update: she got 4 days in jail and barred from Yellowstone for a year, $1k fine, $1k community svc p (Original Post) Demovictory9 Oct 2021 OP
That is way too lenient. alphafemale Oct 2021 #1
That's hard time compared to what the January 6th traitors received. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2021 #7
This is how bears die, and I care SO MUCH MORE about the bears Maru Kitteh Oct 2021 #2
I agree with you completely Mysterian Oct 2021 #6
high time. stopdiggin Oct 2021 #3
She should be happy with that. LiberatedUSA Oct 2021 #4
More severe than J6 traitors BSdetect Oct 2021 #5
 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
1. That is way too lenient.
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 02:43 AM
Oct 2021

At least banned from all parks for life.

People like her ruin the park experience for everyone.

She really thought that 2ft high wall would protect her?

Did she think she was at a zoo?

Maru Kitteh

(28,303 posts)
2. This is how bears die, and I care SO MUCH MORE about the bears
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 03:20 AM
Oct 2021

than the stupid fucking humans who pull this crap.

Whatever the maximum penalty allowed by law is, it should have been given.


stopdiggin

(11,089 posts)
3. high time.
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 03:56 AM
Oct 2021

Like many - I'd like to see a bit more bite applied. But - the good news here is that the Parks service and government are becoming much more proactive in pursuing and prosecuting. This is (IMO) a fairly new, and long needed, stance. Word gets around. Park employees (and other LE) will get on your ass ... And, boy, is it about time!

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