An Omaha woman has been fined $1,000 for climbing the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
Authorities say Alexandria Incontro scaled the massive granite sculpture Friday with bare feet and no rope. Park rangers said that she was 15 from the top between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson’s heads.
A federal officer and national park ranger convinced Incontro to come down and she was handcuffed and arrested.
Incontro appeared Monday in Rapid City federal court, where she pleaded guilty to climbing the monument. Three other charges were dropped.
Park officials say Incontro was visiting Mt. Rushmore with about 19 family members.