A 49-year-old Casper felon going to a probation and parole compliance check last week forgot to take his fentanyl, methamphetamine and illegal weapon out of his vehicle.
Brian Neil Wiggins now faces four felony drug charges and a weapons charge following his appearance in Casper Circuit Court on Tuesday.
Court records show Wiggins is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. One charge is related to meth, the other to fentanyl. He also faces one count each of possession of felony amounts of meth and fentanyl, and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
An arrest affidavit states that Wiggins arrived for a compliance check at the Wyoming Department of Corrections Probation and Parole Office in Casper with the drugs and weapon in his truck. Agents checked the 2005 GMC Sierra he was driving as part of the visit.
“During the course of the search, probation (agents) located felony amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl,” the affidavit states. “Also located in the vehicle was a firearm.”
A Lot Of Drugs
Casper police officers and Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation agents were then called in to assist, the affidavit states.
An inspection of the truck by DCI agents found 167.1 grams of a substance that tested positive for meth, 160 pills that tested positive for fentanyl, a Taurus G2S 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, a digital scale and plastic jeweler baggies and other paraphernalia, the affidavit states.
A search of Wiggin’s home found a Glock 23 pistol with an “obliterated serial number and an extended magazine,” more than 3 milliliters of suspected liquid methamphetamine, 9 mm ammunition and an additional magazine for the weapon, the affidavit states.
“(DCI Special Agent) attempted to speak with Wiggins, who advised he did not wish to speak to agents,” the affidavit states. “Wiggins further advised (special agent) would be ‘better off getting information from a brick wall.’”
Not His First Rodeo
The affidavit shows Wiggins has several felony convictions for possession of controlled substances in multiple states.
He also was convicted of burglary and felony dealing with stolen property in Orange County, Florida, in 2000, and felony identify theft in Multnomah County, Oregon, in 2005.
Wiggins also has first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon convictions in Multnomah County in 2008. He was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance in Wyoming in 2019, the affidavit states.
Both the possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver charges carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine, or both. The possession of a meth and possession of fentanyl charges both carry a penalty of up to seven years in prison and $15,000 fine, and the felon in possession of a firearm carries a penalty of up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Bond was set at $50,000 cash. Wiggins remains jailed at the Natrona County Detention Center.
Dale Killingbeck can be reached at dale@cowboystatedaily.com.
