A Yellowstone tourist who drunkenly stumbled into the national park’s off-limits hot springs Tuesday was slapped with federal charges and a temporary ban.
Jason Wicks, 49, was arraigned Wednesday on charges of off-trail travel in a Yellowstone National Park thermal area and being under the influence of alcohol or drugs “to the degree he was a danger to himself or others,” the US Attorney’s Office in Wyoming announced Thursday.
Wicks, of Hillman, Michigan, is also banned from stepping foot in the national park — at least until the case is resolved. A drunk tourist at Yellowstone National Park suffered a thermal burn after crossing into a restricted and highly dangerous area.Wicks suffered a thermal burn to his foot after venturing into the restricted and highly dangerous area,Park visitors are asked to stay on boardwalks and designated trails to avoid the geothermal features which are often covered by just a thin and fragile shell of groundcover.or more — over the years, according to the National Park Service.
still in a shoe floating in a spring as the rest of the human remains were believed to have melted in the scalding geyser basin.
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