"The video, posted to an account bearing Propeck's name, pans to the man's face as he deploys a parachute, it states. A license plate reader detected Propeck's car entering the national park on Oct. 7 and leaving Oct. 8, and photos showed Propeck behind the wheel, wearing the same purple mirrored sunglasses the man was seen wearing in the Instagram video, according to the complaint."
"When a park ranger contacted Propeck, he denied he was the man in the video, saying he'd used artificial intelligence to superimpose his face onto the footage, the complaint states. Propeck is next due in court April 7 for arraignment. BASE jumping is an extreme sport in which people make parachute-assisted leaps from fixed objects ranging from cliffs to rooftops to bridges. BASE is an acronym for buildings, antennas, spans and earth."
Jack Propeck of Mission Viejo is charged with one count of delivering or retrieving a person or object by parachute, helicopter or other airborne means for an alleged BASE jump off Glacier Point in Yosemite during the government shutdown. Investigators traced an Instagram video showing the jump to an account bearing Propeck's name and matched the footage to photos and license plate reader data that placed his car in the park. Propeck denied committing the jump, claiming he used artificial intelligence to superimpose his face onto the video. Propeck is representing himself and is due for arraignment April 7. BASE jumping is illegal in national parks.
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