Did he or didn’t he defecate in Maroon Lake? That’s the question that an attorney for accused, David Lesh, and a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office are debating.
Lesh, who was charged with six petty offenses in October for allegedly entering closed sites in the White River National Forest, is in further hot water for posting a photo on social media of himself allegedly relieving himself in Maroon Lake with the Maroon Bells as the backdrop.
After Lesh posted the photo, a U.S. Magistrate stiffened bond conditions to prohibit Lesh from entering national forest lands in the United States while his case is adjudicated. Lesh had previously been prohibited from undertaking any illegal activity or trespassing in national forest as part of his bond.
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After taking several actions that many people have decried as abuse of public lands, self-styled bad boy David Lesh is crying foul that the federal government has banned him from national forest.
Lesh tried unsuccessfully Thursday to convince a federal judge in Grand Junction to let him roam on national forest so he could stage marketing events for his outdoor clothing company and participate in skiing competitions.
Lesh is facing six petty offenses for allegedly walking onto a log in Glenwood Canyon’s Hanging Lake while it was closed and riding a snowmobile in a closed terrain park at Keystone.
Whether or not the photo of David Lesh posted onto Instagram on Oct. 21 is real is irrelevant in the eyes of the federal court as he still wonât be allowed on U.S. Forest Service land at least until his trial has concluded.
Lesh faces six misdemeanor counts in Grand Junction because of his alleged behavior on federal land. Five of the counts are in connection with photos he posted to Instagram in June, in which he can be seen standing on the floating log at Hanging Lake that visitors are prohibited to touch. The other count is for another photo he posted of him apparently snowmobiling in a Keystone terrain park at a time when state ski areas were closed because of COVID-19.