Judge fines longtime elk feeder for not leaving feedground

Longtime Black Butte-area elk feeder John Fandek was found guilty Tuesday of violating two Wyoming Game and Fish regulations and fined $450 for each violation.

Fandek represented himself in his bench trial before 1st Circuit Court Judge Thomas Lee, of Cheyenne, who presided via video into the Pinedale courtroom. In a bench trial, a defendant asks a judge instead of a jury to determine innocence or guilt.