A Sheridan County Commissioner has pleaded guilty to drunk driving and agreed to serve an eight-day jail sentence, pay the maximum fine and restitution.
Sheridan County Commissioner Christi Haswell declined Monday to comment to Cowboy State Daily, saying she would like to speak directly to her constituents first, and will do so at 9 a.m. Tuesday when the commission meets.
Haswell was originally charged with DUI in April after reports surfaced that she was swerving “all over the road” in a 2021 GMC Yukon and breaking a resident’s stone masonry.
Haswell originally pleaded not guilty, but she entered a written guilty plea Sept. 5 and was sentenced via a judge’s order four days later, her court file shows.
“I hereby inform the court that … I did drive a motor vehicle at a time when my blood-alcohol concentration was over 0.08%, in violation of law,” reads Haswell’s written guilty plea.
The judge sentenced her in accordance with her plea agreement, which promised 75 days in jail, but for 65 of those days to be suspended pending her completion of one year of unsupervised probation. Haswell had presentence credit for two days in jail. She’s able to serve the remaining eight days in two-day stretches by Oct. 31.
Her probation terms include the following:
• Not violating laws.
• Not going to bars or liquor stores.
• Not possessing or consuming alcohol.
• Submitting to blood or urine tests if law enforcement agents have reasonable suspicion she’s been drinking.
• The completion of intensive outpatient treatment.
• Informing the court and state of her treatment progress.
Haswell also agreed to pay a $750 fine, the maximum fine possible under the DUI statute, plus $70 in court costs, a $50 contribution to the Wyoming drug court fund, $150 to Wyoming crime victim’s compensation fund, and $1,300 in restitution to a local resident.
In exchange, Special Prosecutor Bryan Skoric (who serves normally as Park County attorney) agreed to drop the hit-and-run charge pending for Haswell’s reported collision with the stone masonry structure.
Sheridan-based attorney Ryan Healy represented Haswell in the case.
Clair McFarland can be reached at clair@cowboystatedaily.com.
