Man charged for alleged drunken joy ride in tow truck at Yellowstone National Park

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A man was arrested and charged successful U.S. District Court aft he reportedly stole a national tow truck.

Alan Rawlings Bowling, 57, was charged pinch DUI, refusing a humor intoxicant test, interfering, threatening, resisting, intimidating, aliases intentionally interfering pinch a authorities worker aliases agent, demolition of national property, disorderly conduct, off-road cognition of a centrifugal vehicle, contempt of court, reckless driving and misappropriation of property.

According to national tribunal documents, connected Aug. 10, astir 4:45 p.m., nan Yellowstone Interagency Communications Center received a study of a stolen government-owned tow motortruck adjacent Old Faithful.

The tow truck, besides known arsenic a “heavy wrecker,” was reportedly being followed by Yellowstone Park labor arsenic it drove northbound retired of Old Faithful. The driver past turned astir and went nan incorrect measurement connected a one-way roadworthy earlier going disconnected nan roadway and stopping adjacent nan station agency and ranger station.

Police records opportunity they identified nan man arsenic Bowling and discovered he had “patronized nan Old Faithful Upper General Store to acquisition a beer” earlier that time and his in installments cards were declined.

Bowling reportedly near nan store, sewage into nan dense wrecker, and drove it away.

A parkland ranger arrived astatine nan segment wherever nan tow motortruck was stopped and noticed a Yellowstone Park worker moving toward nan tow motortruck while Bowling ran southbound toward a statement of trees.

Two rangers chased Bowling done nan trees toward a road, wherever he was yet stopped eastbound of nan Old Faithful authorities area.

Bowling was detained by parkland rangers and identified by his Virginia driver’s license.

According to tribunal documents, erstwhile asked his name, Bowling falsely claimed he was a U.S. Marshal.

When asked why he stole nan tow truck, he reportedly stated, “I needed nan motortruck to get to nan United States Marshal’s headquarters.”

Park rangers opportunity Bowling smelled of alcohol, and was transported to nan Mammoth Jail. At nan jail, he reportedly refused to comply pinch a humor warrant to find his humor intoxicant levels.

Investigators later wished nan tow motortruck was 183 feet from nan road, and drove done a ample wooden, government-owned fence.

Bowlings was arraigned successful U.S. District Court connected Monday, wherever he pleaded not blameworthy to each charges and was remanded to nan custody of nan U.S. Marshals. He is reportedly being held without a bond.

Further tribunal hearings person not yet been scheduled.