The case started in December 2021 when the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation received a lead from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
This case is reminiscent of an incident in May 2016 when of a group of men with a Vancouver, B.C.-based company called "High on Life"walked on the Grand Prismatic Spring.
Production of child pornography is punishable by 15 years to 30 years imprisonment. Judge Scott Skavdahl sentenced Salas to the maximum terms on each count.
If the case went to trial and Ronnell Robertson was convicted, he could have faced a sentence of 15 years, eight months imprisonment to nearly 20 years imprisonment.