Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
A Caldwell County man who damaged federal land and partially built a cabin in the Pisgah National Forest was ordered to pay almost $18,000 in fines and restitution to the U.S. government.
Joe Howard Snyder of Lenoir escaped a felony charge by pleading guilty to destroying survey marks and constructing a building on national forest land, according to a Department of Justice news release.
A federal judge ordered Snyder to serve one year probation and pay a $5,000 fine and another $12,835 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service. A third count, digging a trench to alter the flow of a stream, was dismissed.
Snyder also must remove the portion of a cabin he built on Globe Mountain Road.
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