text: August 24, 2018 Morgan Warthin , 307-344-2015 
   
   MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Raymond Reinke, 55, from Pendleton, Oregon, appeared Thursday, August 23, 2018, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Carman at the Yellowstone Justice Center in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming. 
   
   Reinke, scheduled for a trial, entered a change of plea on August 23. He pleaded guilty to four charges in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. The charge of under the influence of alcohol on July 28 in Grand Teton and a disorderly conduct charge on July 31 in Yellowstone were dismissed. 
   
   U.S. Magistrate Judge Carmen accepted the terms of the plea agreement for the Class B misdemeanors. Sentencing included: 
   
   130 days of incarceration 
   
   $70 in court fees and assessments, with no additional fines incurred 
   
   5 years of unsupervised probation 
   
   Alcohol and bar ban 
   
   Substance abuse evaluation and successful treatment if required by the evaluation 
   
   Alcohol testing upon reasonable suspicion 
   
   Submit to searching for alcohol and/or controlled substances upon reasonable suspicion 
   
   Additionally, the U.S. Magistrate added as a condition of Reinke’s probation a five-year ban from entering Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and Glacier National Park, where the incidents and subsequent warrant arrest occurred on August 2. 
   
   “The judge’s decision today reinforces the park’s commitment toward protecting wildlife and other natural resources as well as our visiting public,” said Yellowstone National Park Deputy Superintendent Pat Kenney. “We encourage everyone to commit to stewardship of our public lands while enjoying our national parks and respecting the experiences of others.” 
   
   On August 8, Reinke pleaded not guilty to charges in Yellowstone National Park that included disturbing wildlife, disorderly conduct, and carrying an open container of alcohol in a vehicle. Additionally, charges in Grand Teton National Park included being under the influence of alcohol to a degree that endangers self or other, interfering with agency functions/resisting arrest, and disturbing the peace, which resulted in an arrest and ultimately a revocation of bond conditions. 
   
   Visit PACER, Public Access to Court Electronic Records, for court-related documents. ||||| A bear charged and injured a 10-year-old boy in Yellowstone National Park on Thursday, before his parents were able to get a hold of their bear spray, park officials said. 
   
   The unidentified boy was transferred to a Montana hospital after suffering puncture wounds to his back, wounds around his buttocks and an injured wrist, the National Park Service said in a statement. 
   
   The Washington state family was hiking up the Divide Trail, southeast of Old Faithful, when a bear appeared from the brush and charged the family, park officials said. The bear chased the boy, who had run from the approaching animal, and knocked him to the ground. 
   
   The boy’s parents used bear spray about five feet from the animal’s face, driving it off. The family walked back to the trailhead and drove to the Old Faithful Ranger Station. Rangers sent them to a nearby clinic before the boy was transferred to Big Sky Medical Center. 
   
   It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the bear to charge or what species it was. Both grizzly and black bears call Yellowstone home. 
   
   Park officials said that visitors should not run if they encounter a bear and should stand their ground if the animal charges. 
   
   The last reported bear attack in Yellowstone was in 2015, according to the National Park Service. The park averages one bear attack per year. 
   
   Several park visitors had been injured in animal encounters earlier this year. 
   
   A bison gored a woman in June following two separate elk attacks that injured two women. In May, another woman was rammed and injured by a bison. 
   
   The Associated Press contributed to this report. ||||| A man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to four charges of misconduct in national parks, including a now-infamous incident of aggressively provoking a bison. 
   
   Raymond Reinke, 55, was arrested in early August after video surfaced of the incident where he waves his arms and runs toward a bison. 
   
   The National Park Service says the Oregon man had several run-ins with law enforcement in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in the weeks leading up to his arrest, including open container and public intoxication. He was also cited for disturbing wildlife after the bison video surfaced online in late July. 
   
   Reinke initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, but changed his plea during Thursday's hearing to guilty. He was originally charged with five misdemeanors, but had his charges reduced to four in exchange for his guilty plea. 
   
   Judge Mark Carman sentenced Reinke to 60 days in jail on the charge of harassing wildlife for the bison incident, plus 60 days for interfering with law enforcement and 10 days for disorderly conduct, for 130 days total in jail, with credit for 21 days served. 
   
   Reinke has also publicly described himself as an alcoholic. 
   
   In court Thursday, Reinke apologized to the bison, saying - "I'm sorry to the buffalo. He didn't deserve what I did to him. I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to hurt that buffalo." 
   
   Judge Carman said, "You chased and hounded the bison. You're lucky the bison didn't take care of it, and you're standing in front of me." 
   
   Reinke has a criminal history dating to 1991, although no felony offenses. 
   
   A federal prosecutor and Carman described Reinke's behavior as the most "egregious" case of animal harassment they'd seen in Yellowstone. 
   
   Judge Carman also emphasized that the viral video of Reinke's actions did not affect the sentencing decisions. 
   
   Reinke will also be required to serve five years of unsupervised probation, in which he cannot use drugs or alcohol. He's required to go through drug and alcohol treatment. He is also barred from Yellowstone, Glacier and Grand Teton parks during his probationary period. 
   
   -reporting by Jackie Coffin
target: – Yellowstone National Park usually sees about one bear attack a year, though until this week there hadn't been one since 2015. That changed Thursday, after a 10-year-old was charged at by one, though thanks to his parents' quick thinking and a canister of bear spray, it appears he'll be OK. That's per a press release from the park, which details how a family of four was walking along a trail southeast of Old Faithful Thursday morning when a bear emerged from the vegetation and barreled after the boy as he started to run away. The bear caught up and knocked the boy down, at which point his parents "deployed bear spray about 5 feet from the bear's face." The bear then "shook its head" and retreated. The boy was taken to a local clinic, then to Montana's Big Sky Medical Center, where he was treated for wounds to his buttocks, a hurt wrist, and puncture wounds on his back. Park officials say they're trying to figure out what type of bear attacked him, with Fox News noting both black bears and grizzlies live in the park. The Casper Star-Tribune reports there have been a handful of other animal attacks at Yellowstone this year, including by bison and cow elk. (A man caught on video taunting a bison at Yellowstone just got jail time.)