Stahl (who contended that he and Collard would have been unable to return for the press conference in time had they chosen to hike more than 2 miles over rough terrain to reach a sanctioned area to view the demonstrators' arrests) and nine other reporters who were taken into custody—including Tom Newcomb and Susie Welsh of KTVY, and Vicki Monks of KWTV—were convicted and individually levied a $25 fine in January 1980.