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.
For the Craig Press
Grayson Dennis will be seeking as much as $1 million in compensation for his physical injuries resulting from a tasing incident involving three Craig police officers, significantly higher than what the city paid another plaintiff making similar claims.
The city of Craig agreed to a $60,000 settlement with a man who sued two of its police officers in July 2020 over a tasering episode in July 2018, though the agreement noted the payment “is not to be construed as an admission of liability by the defendants.”
The agreement also said “neither the Incident nor Lawsuit shall constitute evidence of a pattern or practice of peace officers depriving a person of his or her civil rights under the federal and/or state Constitution.”
The Aspen Times
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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