Tourists 'jumped fence and stole historic artifacts' at famous Utah park

Two Colorado residents were criminally charged aft they allegedly trespassed into a cowboy campy successful a Utah nationalist parkland and stole artifacts.

Utah national prosecutors said Roxanne McKnight, 39, and Dusty Spencer, 43, were captured connected a way camera goofing disconnected wrong a fenced-off country of Canyonlands National Park, known for its spectacular godforsaken landscapes.

The brace past 'handled and stole galore historical artifacts preserved successful the Cave Springs Cowboy Camp,' United States Attorneys said successful a statement regarding the March 23 incident.

'This historical campy was protected by fencing and wide warnings prohibiting visitors from entering the area, which McKnight and Spencer disregarded,' they added.

The way camera appeared to show Spencer holding a brew and McKnight sitting successful a woody chair.

The government-owned artifacts they're accused of stealing are 'antique nails' connected show astatine the camp, according to tribunal documents.

The artifacts wrong the campy were from pioneering cattle ranchers betwixt the precocious 1800s and 1975, Fox News reported.

The campy besides has past stone carvings connected show that were etched by indigenous tribes astir 6,000 years ago, according to the park's website. 

Canyonlands National Park circulated the way photos of the antheral and pistillate successful May hoping to place them.

'Law enforcement parkland rangers astatine Canyonlands National Park are seeking accusation from the nationalist to assistance place suspects progressive successful an archeological theft incidental astatine Cave Spring Cowboy Camp successful the Needles territory of the park,' rangers wrote astatine the time.

'In a video recorded astatine the archaeological site, the individuals entered a signed-as-closed area, removed artifacts from a cabinet, and handled historical harnesses successful a mode that had imaginable to harm them,' they added.

Prosecutors didn't uncover how McKnight and Spencer were identified.

They were charged with theft of authorities spot worthy $1,000 oregon less, disturbing taste oregon archaeological resources, and walking on cultural oregon archaeological resources.

They are acceptable to look successful beforehand of Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead astatine the US District Court successful Moab connected November 8.