A former Yellowstone National Park employee was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Maine to one year of probation and ordered to pay restitution and a fine for the embezzlement of cash from entry fee receipts paid by park visitors. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen ordered Danel Nickerson, 45, to repay $7,429 in cash that Nickerson embezzled from Yellowstone entry fees paid by visitors. She must also pay a $1,200 fine and a $100 court assessment. According to sentencing documents, the assessment and restitution have already been paid in full. Nickerson pleaded guilty in May to one count of embezzlement of government money. She was indicted in January in Casper, Wyo., but the case was transferred to her home state of Maine at Nickerson's request. Continue Reading →