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Monday, October 5, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Nevada men rocked by rock vandalism indictment

LAS VEGAS — A federal grand jury indicted two Nevada men accused of pushing large chunks of ancient rock formations over the edge of a cliff at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Authorities say Wyatt Clifford Fain and Payden David Guy Cosper sent the rocks tumbling onto the ground below a cliff. They will face their aiding and abetting and injury and depredation of government property charges in front of a federal jury in October.

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