Yellowstone rampage brings prison time for California man

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a California man to nine months in prison for a drunken rampage in Yellowstone National Park. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Benjamin Bagala, of Santa Rosa, California, did thousands of dollars in damage to a hotel and struggled with rangers trying to subdue him at the hotel and in an ambulance. A paramedic eventually subdued Bagala with the drug ketamine. Bagala pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers and damaging federal property. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Carman also ordered Bagala to stay out of Yellowstone and not use alcohol for a year. Bagala’s attorney, Tom Fleener, didn’t immediately return a phone message Thursday seeking comment.