News Release
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News Release Date: September 2, 2020
Contact: NPS Investigative Services Branch, 202-379-4761
Following an investigation by Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch and US Park Rangers, a man has been sentenced to serve time in prison for assaulting a federal officer and theft within Grand Canyon National Park.
At a recent court hearing, Robert Eric Lucero, age 39, was sentenced to serve 90 days in prison followed by 3 years of supervised probation. Lucero had pleaded guilty at a previous court hearing to assaulting a Federal Law Enforcement Officer during the commission of their duty, as well as theft.
The charges stemmed from an incident on June 20, 2020, at the Canyon Village Market on the South Rim of the park. US Park Rangers responded to a report of an individual believed to have stolen several items from within the store. When contacted by the rangers, the individual later identified as Lucero became combative and bit one of the rangers.
The case was prosecuted by the US Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona.
ISB: the Investigative Services Branch of the National Park Service
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Last updated: September 2, 2020