Thread: Tucson man sentenced in border water jugs case

Published: 08.11.2009

Tucson man sentenced in border water jugs case
By Brian J. Pedersen
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
A Tucson man was sentenced this morning to one year of unsupervised probation for leaving out water jugs for illegal immigrants crossing through the desert.
Walt Staton, 27, was convicted June 3 in U.S. District Court of knowingly littering on a national wildlife refuge following a two-day jury trial. He was cited last December when U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted him placing unopened gallon containers of water in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge southwest of Tucson.
He must also also complete 300 hours of trash removal on public lands and is banned from the refuge during his yearlong probation.
Staton, a web designer and volunteer with the humanitarian group No More Deaths, was the second person with the organization to be convicted on a federal littering charge.
Daniel Millis was found guilty at a bench trial last September but the ruling called for a suspended sentence.
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It's stupid to do this. They are assisting the human traffickers and when they don't put the water out because they decided to do something personal instead, then people can die becasue of selfishness or forgetfulness.

Just don't do it.

Dixie