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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.
The United States government on Thursday dropped five criminal counts against David Lesh for allegedly entering Hanging Lake illegally last summer.
Instead, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will focus on trying to prosecute Lesh for allegedly operating a snowmobile in a closed terrain park at Keystone Ski Area last winter and using the national forest for his outdoor clothing company’s marketing and sales efforts without authorization.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Pete Hautzinger didn’t comment on the change of strategy during a brief hearing in federal court in Grand Junction. Hautzinger said during a hearing on Jan. 11 he would investigate comments Lesh made in an article in The New Yorker last month. Hautzinger said at the time it could influence how the prosecution proceeded.