Two Elko Residents Sentenced To Prison For Graffiti At Sacred White River Narrows Petroglyph Site

[Judi Lynn]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 4, 2022

LAS VEGAS – Two Elko residents were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan for conspiring to paint graffiti at the sacred White River Narrows site in Lincoln County, Nevada. White River Narrows is known for its prehistoric petroglyphs dating over one hundred years old, and is a sacred site for the Paiute and Shoshone tribes.

According to court documents, from September 14, 2019, to October 8, 2019, Jonathan Pavon, a/k/a/ “Cluer,” 28, conspired with Daniel Plata, a/k/a “Velor,” 28, to spray paint “Cluer” and “Velor” in multiple locations at White River Narrows, including an approximately 20-foot-long graffiti image on a rock face containing petroglyphs.



Defendant standing in front of "Cluer" and "Velor" graffiti on rock
face at White River Narrows site in Lincoln County, Nevada.

Pavon pleaded guilty in June 2022 to misdemeanor conspiracy and a felony violation of the Archeological Resources Protection Act. He was sentenced today to six months for the misdemeanor conviction, and a year and a day of imprisonment for the felony conviction. The sentences will be served concurrently. Plata pleaded guilty in July 2022 to a misdemeanor damage of archeological resources. He was sentenced today to four months of imprisonment followed by eight months of home confinement.

“No restitution or repair can undo the damage done by those who would vandalize such a sacred and historical site as White River Narrows, but this ruling demonstrates that such crimes will not be met with a slap on the wrist,” said U.S. Attorney Jason M. Frierson for the District of Nevada. “Our Office will continue to work to ensure that anyone who desecrates sacred tribal lands and artifacts are held accountable.”

More:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/two-elko-residents-sentenced-prison-graffiti-sacred-white-river-narrows-petroglyph-site

[Shrike47]

1. They needed longer sentences. A lot longer.

[rampartc]

12. +1

28 year old "man" needs to know better.

i hate graffiti in my own urban neighborhood, but this is , well, there is no word.

[Deuxcents]

2. Glad they were caught but imo, a slap on the wrist is what they got

These people should have to be attending some kind of sacred tribal lands appreciation classes in jail..at least

[NBachers]

3. Way not enough time

[calimary]

8. Way WAY WAAAAY not enough time.

Schmucks!

[Warpy]

4. 28 year olds should display a hell of a lot more sense than that

Those two bozos are too stupid to live.

[halfulglas]

5. "Sentences to be served concurrently" is a joke. It should be consecutively.

They defaced sacred lands. There are so many people who should know better and show respect for the land but instead they act like dogs going around marking their territory to show they were there.

[dchill]

6. Lucky for them they didn't deface anything corporate or Christian!

[Duppers]

7. K & R x 1000

[Old Crank]

9. I hear there is

A change in his tag name to Clueless.

[Major Nikon]

10. He certainly got the immortality he was after and then some

Just not exactly the way he expected

[ShazzieB]

11. This ceap makes me livid.

All the insulting words I can think of are woefully insufficient to convey my opinion of these two assholes. Not even gonna try.

If I believed in a literal hell and could assign individuals to specific locations there, I'd throw them in with Donald Trump. They deserve each other.

[2naSalit]

13. Not long enough.

[jeffreyi]

14. Not long enough, and not expensive enough.

As if these assholes could ever be expected to pay a fine. Make their miserable little destructive lives complicated forever.