SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Now that former San Juan County commissioner Phil Lyman is getting a government stipend as a state lawmaker, federal prosecutors want him to increase his monthly payments for $96,000 in damage caused by an illegal ATV protest ride he led through a pristine southeastern canyon in 2014.
The Deseret News reports that prosecutors said in a new court filing that Lyman has a “heightened moral obligation” because he receives taxpayer money. Lyman became a state representative this year and received about $12,300 at the beginning of the session.
Prosecutors want him to pay $500 a month, up from $100. He still owes about $90,000.
Lyman declined comment about the court filing.
Lyman was protesting federal management of Western public lands with the ride.
