A Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger who claimed to be attacked in a state park, launching a widespread manhunt for the person accused, was sentenced to three years of supervised probation after pleading guilty in court in Golden on Monday.
Jefferson County District Court Judge Diego Hunt also ordered Callum Heskett, 26, to pay at least $16,500 in restitution for falsely reporting the stabbing that prompted several agencies to deploy resources, including Jefferson County’s SWAT and drone teams and Colorado State Patrol aviation teams, to look for the attacker in August, according to a news release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The exact amount he must pay in restitution will be finalized within the next three weeks to account for costs incurred by all agencies, the office said…