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Government & Politics

Legislature

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released body camera video 

of the Dec. 28 DUI arrest of state Rep. Bill Allemand in response to a Cowboy State Daily request.

Cowboy State Daily had viewed about 18 minutes of the body camera video in Buffalo Circuit Court at a March 

 hearing, but Friday’s release spans roughly one hour over the course of Allemand’s 

 and jail booking in Buffalo just after midday Dec. 28. 

It omits a recitation of Allemand's driver's license number, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office said in an email. 

The video shows Allemand, a Republican representative from Midwest, Wyoming, arguing with Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Caleb Campbell.

Allemand voices disagreement about whether Campbell had grounds for the initial traffic stop. Allemand develops a more adversarial stance toward the deputy throughout his arrest, ultimately calling him an “asshole” and saying he’s not a good person.  

“I don’t know why you would say that,” says Campbell. “I thought I was pretty respectful.”

Allemand offers to pay for the deputy’s gas at a fuel stop on the way to jail. He informs the deputy he’s a legislator.

Once in jail, Allemand emphasizes that he has an “Honor Wyoming” 

 — a reference to the Honor Wyoming political group that has 

[{"type":"text","text":"He also jokes with the booking deputies."}]

While getting his booking photo taken, Allemand muses, “Wow! This is going to be on Cowboy State Daily. You can sell these pictures to Cowboy State Daily, probably for a million dollars.”

The booking deputy jokes, “K, well, we’ll try. I’ll split it with you.”

[{"type":"text","text":"“I don’t want none of it,” Allemand answers."}]

Booking photos from Johnson County and across the state are free 

[{"type":"text","text":"Why So Colorful?"}]

Allemand’s attorney Mike Vang told Cowboy State Daily in a Friday phone interview that Allemand was likely growing frustrated with the deputy because he thought he was

Buffalo Circuit Court Magistrate Jeremy Kisling 

 that Campbell had enough evidence for the initial traffic stop and to continue the traffic stop.

The Johnson County Attorney’s Office can use several minutes worth of evidence from the stop, which include Allemand 

failing his field sobriety tests, swaying, stumbling, and slurring his speech.

But prosecutors can’t use as direct evidence the potentially incriminating things Allemand said during a 12-minute stretch where he was detained in handcuffs, but hadn’t been read his Miranda rights, Kisling ruled.

Campbell had stopped Allemand on claims that after stopping at a stop sign just off Interstate 25, Allemand lurched forward, nearly hit another vehicle, then stopped abruptly.

This, coupled with the evidence that Allemand was the subject of a drunk driving report by another driver on the Interstate near Buffalo, made for enough evidence to justify Campbell’s stop, Kisling ruled.

[{"type":"text","text":"Vang said he still believes Kisling got the evidence question wrong."}]

“Here’s the big deal,” said Vang. “The cop never claimed he saw any type of a traffic violation except for Mr. Allemand allegedly running a stop sign.”

Vang said the dash camera recording “clearly shows Mr. Allemand never makes any driving infraction. He comes to a complete stop like he’s supposed to, just as he’s turning off the interstate.”

The dash camera video of the contested stop, played at the March hearing, is grainy and inconclusive.

As a car approaches from the left, said Vang, “it was obscured from his view.”

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand stopped to avoid hitting it."}]

“That deputy lacks the skills to properly do a DUI investigation,” said Vang.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a late-day Friday request for a response to that.

Allemand is scheduled to go to trial Sept. 16. That’s a month after the heated Republican 

 he’s now waging against Bar Nunn Mayor Peter Boyer, set for Aug. 18.

Elected in 2022, Allemand is in his second term in the state House of Representatives. He's also a member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, a group of populist-leaning House Republicans. 

[{"type":"text","text":"From The Beginning Now"}]

[{"type":"text","text":"The body camera video projects the view from Campbell’s torso forward."}]

It shows the deputy approaching Allemand in the parking lot of a gas station in Buffalo, Miller’s Travel Center. 

As Campbell approaches Allemand's truck in the video, the lawmaker appears to be sitting in the driver’s seat of a blue pickup looking at a cellphone.

Vang told Cowboy State Daily the lawmaker stopped there to get fuel, not avoid law enforcement.  

[{"type":"text","text":"Campbell raps on the window and says “howdy.\"  "}]

Allemand talks to him, asks what he did wrong, and after a brief exchange, leans over his passenger seat to retrieve documents for the deputy. 

In the video, the lawmaker is dressed in a casual blue T-shirt, his hair somewhat ruffled. 

[{"type":"text","text":"Campbell asks Allemand why his speech sounds the way it does."}]

[{"type":"text","text":"“I dunno,” answers Allemand, handing the deputy a document. "}]

At legislative meetings and elsewhere Allemand speaks loudly, somewhat slowly and with a unique cadence. That pattern also surfaces in the video, though Allemand’s speech sounds less articulate than usual in the 

[{"type":"text","text":"Campbell would later report that Allemand's speech was “slurred.” "}]

In the video, the deputy orders Allemand to exit the vehicle, and Allemand does. 

[{"type":"text","text":"“K, am I being arrested?” asks Allemand. "}]

“You’re being detained right now,” Campbell answers. The deputy explains that there’s a firearm in the truck, which he says Allemand “did not disclose.”

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand says he has a conceal carry permit for it. "}]

Though Kisling disagreed with Campbell questioning Allemand in confinement without first giving his Miranda rights, the magistrate ruled last week that it was fair of Campbell to detain Allemand because of the gun.

 merited that detainment, Kisling ruled.

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Campbell later tells Allemand that he watched Allemand stop at an intersection, start to pull into traffic, and “almost hit a car.” Campbell also notes that Allemand was reportedly the subject of a report every drunk driving incident, or REDDI report.

The caller had reported man in his 60s with white hair driving a blue pickup all over the interstate, from rumble strip to rumble strip, court documents say.

“You did stop at the stop sign, but the way you stopped was improper,” says Campbell in the video.

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand voices disagreement and confusion. At one point he chuckles."}]

“You went past the stop sign,” explains Campbell. “But you stopped — but only because there was a vehicle in front of you that you were going to hit. So that gives me reasonable suspicion to stop you.”

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand says, “I don’t understand that. If I stop — “"}]

Campbell interrupts and says these events give him reasonable suspicion for the stop, as does the REDDI report.

[{"type":"text","text":"This Won’t Be In The Case In Chief"}]

While detaining Allemand, Campbell asked a series of questions that Kisling found, in his order last week, could lead to Allemand incriminating himself.

Because Allemand was confined and hadn’t been read his Miranda rights at that juncture, the Johnson County Attorney’s Office won’t be able to use the following exchange in its direct evidence pool at trial.

But because Campbell didn’t coerce, trick, or deceive Allemand into giving the answers he gave, the prosecutor may still “impeach” or fact check Allemand if he says something that contradicts these statements in court.

Law enforcement officers are supposed to read a person his Miranda rights before asking incriminating questions, if the person is confined to such an extent that a reasonable person in his shoes wouldn’t feel free to leave.

[{"type":"text","text":"Campbell asks, “Did you drink anything today?”"}]

[{"type":"text","text":"“Yes,” answers Allemand. "}]

[{"type":"text","text":"Campbell asks how much. "}]

[{"type":"text","text":"“Probably two beers,” says Allemand in the video. "}]

“That’s everybody’s answer,” parries Campbell while handcuffing Allemand. 

[{"type":"text","text":"“So what did I do illegal?” Allemand asks in the video. "}]

He was driving erratically, he was reported as a drunk driver and he stopped just short of hitting a vehicle, answers Campbell, adding, “if that makes sense.”

[{"type":"text","text":"“No, it don’t,” says Allemand, who leans on his truck. "}]

After more back-and-forth, Allemand challenges Campbell’s assertion about the intersection.

“So I did stop at the stop sign, but it was an improper stop. Is that what you’re telling me?” he asks. “I don’t understand that.”

[{"type":"text","text":"Campbell calls for another deputy to come to the scene. "}]

Allemand says there’s a firearm on his hip, feels his hip and says, “Oh, OK, I put it off.”

Campbell opined from the witness stand in March that Allemand was indicating he had lost track of his gun. 

[{"type":"text","text":"‘I Had Two Beers'"}]

In the video, Campbell’s backup deputy arrives. Campbell pats Allemand down for weapons. 

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand, standing outside in his T-shirt and pants, asks for a coat. "}]

Campbell circles to the passenger side of the pickup, opens the door, moves aside a cowboy hat and retrieves the pistol. 

Campbell manipulates the gun and tries to talk to someone on his radio. He references static interfering with his message, and says he can go back to his vehicle to use the radio. 

He does go back to his vehicle to communicate Allemand’s date of birth and particulars about the gun, then returns to Allemand. 

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand is still handcuffed at this juncture. "}]

[{"type":"text","text":"Campbell asks if Allemand is under the care of a doctor, and for what. "}]

[{"type":"text","text":"The answer is yes, and for blood pressure and hearing, says Allemand. "}]

Campbell’s backup deputy asks if Campbell wants him to take the handcuffs off Allemand. Campbell doesn’t verbally answer the other deputy.

[{"type":"text","text":"“You are taking me to jail?” Allemand asks. "}]

“Not yet,” says Campbell. “I’m trying to figure out what level intoxication you are.”

[{"type":"text","text":"“I had two beers,” answers Allemand. "}]

After more back and forth, Campbell says, “I just want you to be honest,” and Allemand parries, “I am being honest, man. What do you need me to do?”

[{"type":"text","text":"“When was the last drink you had?” asks Campbell. "}]

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand says his last drink was 15 miles down the road. "}]

“I have a little bit of a problem. That I have anxieties of driving down interstates,” he says, adding that two-lane roads don’t bother him but he’s learned that if he has a beer when he drives down the interstate “it’s so much better” though he “knows it’s highly illegal.”

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand says he has balance problems, and has had two knee replacements."}]

[{"type":"text","text":"But Prosecutors Can Use This Stuff"}]

Allemand’s handcuffs are removed and Campbell discusses field sobriety tests. 

[{"type":"text","text":"Allemand rubs his wrists and says, “Ah, that feels better.”"}]

He stumbles toward Campbell, who steadies him with one hand and says, “Woah, personal space.” 

The other deputy retrieves Allemand’s jacket and brings it to him, while Campbell asks if Allemand has issues with his eyes.

[{"type":"text","text":"“Not that I know of,” answers Allemand. "}]

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<title>Johnson County Sheriff Releases Body Cam Video Of Rep. Bill Allemand's DUI Arrest | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office on Friday released body camera video of state Rep. Bill Allemand's December DUI arrest. Allemand grew more adversarial toward the deputy throughout his arrest, ultimately calling him an "asshole." 

Johnson County Sheriff Releases Body Cam Video Of Rep. Bill Allemand's DUI Arrest

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Dennis Sun

Opinion

CSD Columnists

The New World screwworm (NWS) is causing trouble and costing dollars in Texas and New Mexico. As of June 25, 20 cases have been found, and I figure if there have been 20 cases found in livestock and pets, there are probably another 20 cases or more in wildlife.

Female screwworms will find an open wound on any warm-blooded animal to lay its eggs, and the larvae eat the flesh surrounding the wound. If left untreated, the animal eventually dies.

The good part about releasing sterile male flies in affected areas is female flies only mate once, and if the wild female flies mate with a sterile partner, the pest’s life cycle stops. This control method worked to many years ago during an outbreak in the U.S. and Mexico.

The potential path of the pest looks to go north and northeast from South Texas, especially along the coast from Texas to Florida.

The High Plains Region looks to be safe from NWS, unless it shows up as larvae in an infected wound on an animal.

Weather patterns and temperatures will influence the movement of the NWS. Pupae development cannot live below about 58 degrees, and the adult fly’s favorite temperature is around 81 degrees. It looks like cool nighttime temperatures will control NWS. 

Along with our temperatures, I hear rainfall and moisture will dictate to what extent the pest lives. If some do get to our region, they will soon be a dead this year with our drought.

Besides Mexico and the Central America, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is doing a heck of a job controlling the fly. We have to work closely with these countries to control NWS in our states. Other countries live with NWS, while the U.S. doesn’t want the pest at all.

The USDA currently produces sterile flies in Panama and is investing $21 million to support Mexico. Moore Air Base near Edinburg, Texas currently has a fly dispersal facility where pupae from Panama arrive and are readied for distribution. USDA is also constructing a production facility at Moore Air Base which should be operational in the fall of 2027.

As of June 17, the number of sterile flies released in Texas and New Mexico was 135,623,026 via aerial dispersal, 12,079,200 via ground dispersal and 5,238,496 via vehicular dispersal.

In Wyoming, Gov. Mark Gordon convened an ad hoc animal health panel with state veterinary and public health officials to strengthen communication and preparedness efforts surrounding NWS.

The governor said, “The goal was to expand outreach ahead of Wyoming’s peak summer travel, backcountry recreation and rodeo season.”

Gordon also said, “There are no reported cases in Wyoming. However, Texas and New Mexico are tracking instances, so it is important to keep all citizens informed, including pet owners, campers, rodeo athletes and sportsmen, in addition to our ag, ranching and wildlife communities.

I’m satisfied with the extensive outreach regarding NWS which has been outgoing to our ag, livestock and wildlife professionals.”

We applaud the governor and members of the group for being so proactive.

Dennis Sun is the publisher of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup, a weekly agriculture newspaper available online and in print.

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Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "The New World screwworm is causing trouble and costing dollars in Texas and New Mexico. "Twenty cases have been found so far, and if there are 20 cases in livestock and pets, there are probably another 20 cases or more in wildlife."

Dennis Sun: The New World Screwworm Is One Expensive Parasite

Coy Knobel

Don Day Weather

Chance of afternoon rain in parts of Wyoming on Friday, otherwise mostly sunny. Chance of rain overnight. Highs from the mid 70s to low 90s. Lows from near 40 to near 60.

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Slight chance of rain after 3 p.m., otherwise sunny and breezy today with a high near 89 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 59 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.

Mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 91 and wind gusts as high as 32 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 57 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

 Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 88 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 58.

 Patchy smoke after noon, sunny and breezy today with a high near 81 and wind gusts as high as 40 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with patchy smoke before 9 p.m., patchy blowing dust before midnight, a low near 44 and wind gusts as high as 41 mph.

  Slight chance of rain after 4 p.m., increasing clouds and breezy today with a high near 86 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 51 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunny and breezy today with a high near 81 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Mostly cloudy and breezy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 40 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

Slight chance of rain after noon, otherwise mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 77 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph. Increasing clouds and breezy overnight with a chance of rain after 4 a.m., a low near 42 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.

 Slight chance of rain after 2 p.m., otherwise partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 83 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 44 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.

  Mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 79 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph. Increasing clouds and breezy overnight with a chance of rain mainly after 5 a.m., a low near 41 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

 Chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 75 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 44 and wind gusts as high as 24 mph.

  Chance of rain mainly after 1 p.m., otherwise partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 81 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 44 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.

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:  Chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 71 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 38 and wind gusts as high as 24 mph.

Slight chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 91 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain mainly before 9 p.m. and a low near 58.

:  Chance of rain mainly after 1 p.m., mostly cloudy today with a high near 83 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph. Increasing clouds overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 1 a.m. and a low near 55.

  Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., mostly cloudy today with a high near 85 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 2 a.m. and a low near 55.

  Chance of rain mainly after 5 p.m., gradually becoming sunny today with a high near 85 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Gradually becoming mostly clear overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 7 p.m., a low near 57 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.

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  Slight chance of rain after 5 p.m., gradually becoming mostly sunny today with a high near 86 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 53.

:  Partly sunny today with a high near 84 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 53.

Slight chance of rain after 3 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 86 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 9 p.m., a low near 58 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.

  Gradually becoming sunny today with a high near 83 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight, a low near 61 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.

:  Chance of rain after 3 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 85 and wind gusts as high as 18 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 9 p.m., a low near 63 and wind gusts as high as 24 mph.

  Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 88 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight and a low near 60.

  Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 86 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a slight chance of rain mainly before 9 p.m., a low near 57 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

  Slight chance of rain after 1 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 88 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 7 p.m., a low near 54 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph.

  Chance of rain after noon, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 81 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 7 p.m. and a low near 55.

  Chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 79 and partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 52 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

  Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., increasing clouds today with a high near 83 and partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a slight chance of rain mainly before midnight, a low near 58 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

  Sunny and breezy today with a high near 81 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 54 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

  Slight chance of rain, otherwise mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 82 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Breezy, gradually becoming clear overnight with a low near 50 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

  Sunny and breezy today with a high near 80 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph.

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Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, June 26, 2026

Politics

Wyoming congressional candidate Reid Rasner, who works as a financial advisor, was “discharged” from his broker clearinghouse company in late April on allegations that he “engaged in unapproved outside business activity,” 

Reid Rasner is also running in a 10-candidate Republican primary race to win the party’s nomination toward Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat. Last year he announced, and later suspended, intentions to buy the tech giant TikTok amid congressional efforts to transfer the Chinese-involved company into American hands.

 also appears in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission profile, which says he started working through the investment clearinghouse LPL Financial LLC on March 1, 2019, and remained there until spring of this year.  

LPL Financial discharged Rasner on April 24 due to allegations he engaged in unapproved outside business activity, the profile says in a “disclosure” category. The disclosure doesn’t elaborate.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) profile of Rasner says he was registered previously as a broker “and is currently registered as an investment advisor.”

He’s held state registrations in New York and Wyoming, the profile says.

Before Rasner’s seven-year relationship with LPL Financial he was with Edward Jones for a year.

In 2019, the year Rasner’s work with LPL Financial began, he registered Wyoming Wealth Advisors LLC with the Wyoming Secretary of State’s office, and three years later he registered his business Omnivest LLC with the state.

“Our Website is currently under maintenance!” the banner says. “We’re sorry for the inconvenience.”

A disclosure brochure about OmniVest, dated June 15, says Rasner has a non-financial affiliated business as a congressional candidate.

“Approximately 10% of his time is spent on these activities. This does not present a conflict,” says 

Wyoming congressional candidate Reid Rasner, who works as a financial advisor, was “discharged” from his broker clearinghouse company in late April on allegations that he “engaged in unapproved outside business activity,” federal filings say.

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