Stolen Petroglyphs

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Re: Stolen Petroglyphs

Postby BallaratBob » Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:01 am

BLM asks for public help on petroglyph case
Locating the stolen panels is a positive development, but the damage that's been done is permanent and there's no way to put things back to the way they were before the heist! I'd like to see the people responsible for this crime put behind bars for life. This is a crime against humanity as far as I'm concerned!
Still no arrests in the theft and vandalism of ancient petroglyphs near Bishop, and Bureau of Land Management officials still will not say exactly where the recovered petroglyphs are now and where they were found.

LINK: http://www.sierrawave.net/16821/on-petroglyph-case/
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Re: Stolen Petroglyphs

Postby wildrose » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:36 am

More from CHP Lt. on Round Valley incident
There's a fine line between reasonable concern and paranoia. That line appears to have been crossed in this situation. We don't want every problem used as an excuse for the powers that be to impose a police state and that seems to be the tendency all across the board in this country at this time. It's hard to say what can be done to put things into proper perspective.
Lieutenant Cohen also said that it depends on the code under which his officers are operating – vehicle, penal, fish and game – as to how they may ask for identification.

LINK: http://www.sierrawave.net/23467/round-valley-incident/
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Re: Stolen Petroglyphs

Postby wildrose » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:24 am

Plea in BLM vandalism case
In this case all the person was doing was digging around an old trash dump site. The fine seems a little excessive for this sort of activity. I can see giving the guy a warning and fining him if he repeats the offense in the future, but such a large fine wasn't really fair. Although this doesn't have anything to do with petroglyphs, that situation was mentioned in the comments left to the article.
In a plea agreement with the Mono County District Attorney’s Office, a Mono County resident pled guilty to one charge of misdemeanor vandalism and was ordered to pay $3,823 in restitution to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

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This poor citizen has been treated like a criminal and drug through a corrupt legal system for no reason at all.The B.L.M. and other involved agencies should be ashamed for what they have done to this innocent man who had to plea out to make all of the false charges go away. To bad they did not charge a person who could afford to fight this properly in court and sue the pants of these nazi B.L.M. and other government agencies.

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That will teach the old retired guy not to go pick through any old trash dumps as people have done for decades around here.

This was an easy case for BLM LEOs because the old guy was honest and cooperative and took them to his house to show them around.

When it comes to real investigative work like finding the bad guys who cut off and stole 3,500 year old rock art, the can’t do it.

That was their big case of the year to justify their their jobs. How did we ever get along with only the sheriff’s department to protect us?

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LINK: http://www.sierrawave.net/29051/plea-in-blm/
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