Crime & Courts

A couple who paid a $24,325 fee to Teton County government to build a home on property they already owned is suing, calling the charge “extortion.” The fee also is an unconstitutional “taking” without compensation, the lawsuit claims.

Couple Can Keep Suing Teton County Over Claim It ‘Extorted’ Permit Fees

A judge has ruled a couple building a home on their property can continue suing Teton County over a $24,325 fee they claim the county “extorted” them to pay. A county motion to dismiss the case was denied Thursday.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 15, 2025

A pair of suspected copper wire thieves caught on a surveillance camera.

Security Cams Catch Thieves Across Wyoming: Are They Stupid, Or Just Don’t Care?

A pair of thieves caught stealing copper wire in Cheyenne is another example of an increasing number of crimes caught on camera. Why are criminals so brazen despite security cams everywhere? Laramie County Sheriff Brian Kozak said the answer is simple: “because they’re stupid."

Jackson WalkerSeptember 12, 2025

Green River Woman Accused Of Trying To Kill Disabled Husband With Bailey's Bottle

A former Green River High School counselor is accused to repeatedly smashing a full bottle of Bailey’s liquor into the head of her disabled husband. She was charged Thursday with attempted second-degree murder and abusing a vulnerable adult.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2025

A contractor replaces an upstairs window in the home on Bison Circle in Mills where the standoff with law enforcement occurred.

Mills Man Dead After 5-Hour Standoff Wasn’t Shot By Officers

A Mills man who died after a five-hour standoff with law enforcement Wednesday wasn’t shot by officers, the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office reports. He barricaded himself inside the home when police tried to serve a warrant on him.

Dale KillingbeckSeptember 12, 2025

Albany County Man Rescued After Cinder Block Building Collapses On Him

Firefighters and sheriff’s deputies freed a man trapped under a fallen cinder block wall and roof in rural Albany County on Tuesday. They teamed up to remove debris and stabilize him, and the rescue took several hours.

Justin GeorgeSeptember 11, 2025

Saviol Saint Jean, right, the Haitian trucker who plowed into a crash scene nearly three years ago, killing Rawlins EMT Tyeler Harris, top, and seriously injuring another, Tiffany Gruetzmacher, was found guilty on all charges by a jury Thursday. The trucker collapsed and wept as the verdicts were read.

Jury Finds Haitian Trucker Guilty In Crash That Killed Rawlins EMT

The Haitian trucker who plowed into a crash scene nearly three years ago, killing one Rawlins EMT and seriously injuring another was found guilty on all charges by a jury Thursday. The trucker collapsed and wept as the verdicts were read.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2025

Plea For Evanston Man Accused Of Putting Gun To Ex’s Head, Holding Her For 3 Days

A 26-year-old Evanston man agreed to a plea deal Wednesday for two cases against him for strangling his ex-girlfriend. He’s also accused of putting a loaded gun to her head and holding her captive for three days, leaving her “terrified for her life."

Dale KillingbeckSeptember 11, 2025

Jury To Deliberate Fate Of Haitian Trucker Who Killed Rawlins EMT On I-80

Whether Saviol Saint Jean was “threading the needle” to keep driving or reacting poorly to a chaotic scene when he smashed into an ambulance, killing one EMT and injuring another nearly three years ago is now up to a jury after a grueling five-day trial.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2025

Officers from Mills, Natrona County, and Casper responded to an armed standoff in Mills on Wednesday afternoon.

5-Hour Standoff With Armed Mills Man ‘Resolved,’ Sheriff’s Office Reports

A nearly five-hour standoff involving an armed Mills man barricaded in his home has been ‘resolved,’ a Natrona County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson says. How it was “resolved” wasn’t reported, and an investigation into the incident continues.

Dale KillingbeckSeptember 11, 2025

Orion Schlesinger, 18, pleaded “not guilty” and ”not guilty by reason of mental illness” in Sublette County District Court.

Man Accused In Big Piney Ambush Says He Had No Idea Friend Was About To Be Killed

A Big Piney man accused of plotting the compound bow ambush death of his 23-year-old friend around Feb. 1 told a judge last week that he had no idea the alleged murder was about to unfold as he walked to his friend’s house that frigid night.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 10, 2025

Taking the stand on day four of his vehicular homicide trial in Rock Springs, Haitian trucker Saviol Saint Jean said moments after the accident, which killed an EMT, he called to God saying, "Oh my God, oh my God, what happened?"

Haitian Trucker Takes Stand In His Defense: 'Oh My God, What Happened?

Taking the stand on day four of his vehicular homicide trial in Green River, Haitian trucker Saviol Saint Jean said moments after the accident, which killed an EMT, he called to God saying, "Oh my God, oh my God, what happened?"