A 36-year-old Douglas woman accused of threatening to poison a man’s dog and bomb his family business is facing up to 21.5 years in prison if convicted.
Khyrstyn Jackson’s case rose Monday to the felony-level Converse County District Court.
Converse County Deputy Attorney Shawn Wilde charged her earlier this month with one count of felony stalking (punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines), one count of blackmail (same penalty), a misdemeanor of interfering with law enforcement (up to one year in jail and $1,000 in fines) and violating a protection order (up to six months in jail and $750 in fines).
An evidentiary affidavit by Douglas Police Department Officer Jamie Gallagher says Converse Hope Center advocates and local man Nicholas Fenner provided officers documentation March 14, showing “constant harassment” from Jackson over the course of six months.
“In numerous text messages,” Gallagher wrote, “Jackson threatens to contact Fenner’s place of employment with false accusations, to poison his dog, and to bomb his family’s business in attempts to force Fenner to answer her or to comply with her demands.”
‘Relentless’
The officer wrote that police had obtained “numerous voicemail recordings” as evidence of “Jackson’s relentless harassment.”
On March 14, a Hope Center advocate again reached out to police, saying Jackson was still trying to contact the man.
This was three days after Jackson was served with a protection order, the affidavit says.
In Wyoming, stalking can be charged as a felony if a person violates a protection order in the process of stalking someone else.
Officers arrested Jackson at her home. After one officer delivered Jackson’s Miranda rights, the woman admitted to contacting Fenner after March 11, to ask him to drop the protection order, the document alleges.
Jackson started pull away during her arrest and “had to be taken to the ground,” wrote Gallagher.
An officer let the woman know that she’d be charged with interference over that, and Jackson countered, “I did not interfere; I resisted,” says the affidavit.
The Douglas public defender’s office declined Thursday to comment to Cowboy State Daily.
Jackson’s phone number led directly to a full voicemail.
Cowboy State Daily called and texted Fenner to request comment.
Fenner asked the outlet not to contact him again.
Clair McFarland can be reached at clair@cowboystatedaily.com.
