Southern Utah woman ordered to pay almost $15K in fines over damaged Utah petroglyph

November 17, 2025

A southern Utah woman recently convicted of damaging a petroglyph panel near the Utah-Arizona border last year won’t face jail time but will be on probation for the next year, a federal court ordered on Monday.

Daniela Ganassim Ericksen, 47, of Ivins, Washington County, was sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to pay close to $15,000 in fines and restitution, a federal court determined. Ericksen was also ordered to write an apology letter to all “relevant stakeholder tribes” in the area and will not be allowed on Bureau of Land Management land over the next year, U.S. Department of Justice officials added on Monday. KSL.com