Denver resident David Lesh posted photos on social media that he says show him snowmobiling at Keystone Resort in April. The photos could play a major role in his trial, set for July.
A federal judge has denied David Lesh’s last-ditch attempt to get two criminal charges dismissed for alleged illegal activity on national forest lands before the issue heads to trial.
The ruling earlier this month by U.S. Magistrate Judge Gordon Gallagher sets the stage for a July 22 and 23 trial on petty offenses, charging that Lesh operated a snowmobile on a closed section of Keystone ski area and that he sold or offered to sell merchandise without authorization while at Keystone.
ASPEN A federal judge has denied David Lesh’s last-ditch attempt to get two criminal charges dismissed for alleged illegal activity on national forest lands before the issue heads to trial. The ruling earlier this.
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ASPEN David Lesh will go to trial July 22-23 to fight allegations that he rode his snowmobile illegally at Keystone Resort last winter and used national forest lands without authorization to pimp his outdoor clothing company’s products.
Lesh has pleaded not guilty to the petty offenses. The trial will be held before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gordon Gallagher in Grand Junction.
“There’s no entitlement to a jury trial in this case,” Gallagher said during a hearing Wednesday.
Lesh is infamous in Pitkin County for riding his snowmobile in an off-limits area of Independence Pass near the Upper Lost Man Trailhead in July 2019, posting photos of himself allegedly defecating in Maroon Lake and walking on a log in the middle of Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon. He was convicted of the illegal snowmobile ride, but five charges were dropped last month for the Hanging Lake incident because the picture was faked. Lesh also claimed he Photoshopped the Maroon Lake photo and
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