A man from Utah is facing up to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to digging up graves at Yellowstone National Park while searching for the famed Forrest Fenn treasure before it was found by someone else last year.
一名來自猶他州的男子承認在黃石國家公園挖掘墳墓，同時尋找著名的福雷斯特·芬恩寶藏，直到去年被其他人發現。
Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, pleaded guilty to charges of excavating or trafficking in archaeological resources, and injury or depredation to United States property on Monday, according to the US Attorney's Office District of Wyoming.
美國懷俄明州檢察官辦公室稱，猶他州錫拉丘茲市的羅德裡克·道·克雷霍恩周一承認了挖掘或販運考古資源、傷害或掠奪美國財產的指控。
Prosecutors said in a statement that 52-year-old Craythorn was found digging up graves at Fort Yellowstone Cemetery inside the national park between October 1, 2019, and May 24, 2020.
檢方在一份聲明中說，在2019年10月1日至2020年5月24日期間，52歲的克雷頓被發現在國家公園內的黃石堡公墓挖掘墳墓。
He was looking for Fenn's treasure, prosecutors said.
檢察官說，他在尋找芬恩的寶藏。
Fenn, who died in September, hid $1 million in gold, jewels, and other valuables in the Rocky Mountains more than a decade ago, and spent years posting clues online that led people on a cross-state search.
芬恩今年9月去世，十多年前他在落基山脈藏匿了100萬美元的黃金、珠寶和其他貴重物品，並花費數年時間在網上發布線索，導致人們進行跨州搜索。
At least five people have died searching for the treasure, and there have been multiple court cases filed over the chest, by people claiming they were misled or followed during their failed searches.
至少有5人在尋找寶藏時死亡，有多起官司被立案，有人聲稱他們在搜索失敗的過程中被誤導或跟蹤。
The treasure was found in June, by Jack Stuef, a 32-year-old medical student from Michigan. Stuef identified himself in an interview to Outside magazine, in which he said a recent lawsuit threatened his anonymity.
這個寶藏是在6月份由32歲的密西根醫學院學生傑克·斯圖夫發現的。斯圖夫在接受《外部》雜誌採訪時表明了自己的身份，他在採訪中說，最近的一場訴訟威脅到了他的匿名性。
Craythorn, meanwhile, was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 16.
與此同時，克雷頓在9月16日被聯邦大陪審團起訴。
"The hunt for the Forrest Fenn treasure was often viewed as a harmless diversion, but in this case it led to substantial damage to important public resources," US Attorney Mark Klaassen said in a statement. "The Defendant let his quest for discovery override respect for the law."
美國檢察官馬克·克拉森在一份聲明中說：「對福雷斯特·芬恩寶藏的搜尋通常被視為無害的轉移，但在本案中，它導致了重要公共資源的實質性破壞。」被告讓他對發現的追求凌駕於對法律的尊重之上。」
Craythorn faces up to 12 years in prison and fines of up to $270,000.
克雷頓面臨最高12年監禁和最高27萬美元罰款。
His sentencing is scheduled for March 17.
他的判決定於3月17日。
來源：Insider