Crime & Courts

Rock Springs Man Who Stabbed Friend At Least 26 Times Gets 55 Years To Life

William Brewer, 34, was sentenced Monday in a Green River courtroom to between 55 years and life in prison for killing his friend in 2023. He stabbed his victim at least 26 times in what a prosecutor compared to a grizzly bear attack.

Clair McFarlandApril 29, 2025

A pair of Wyoming Department of Corrections officers move an inmate.

Homeless Montana Man Awarded $27.75 Million For Vicious Prison Beating

A homeless Montana man whose conviction for sex assault was overturned won a $27.75 million judgment for a vicious beating he took in prison. A private prison company, which also does business with Wyoming, didn’t do enough to protect him, a jury found.

David MadisonApril 28, 2025

Casper police and Division of Criminal Investigation officials aren’t identifying the person killed in an officer-involved shooting at a Casper home early Monday morning. The estranged husband of the woman who lived there says it was her.

Man Says Casper Cops Shot, Killed Wife In Response To Reported Burglary

A 37-year-old woman was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting at a Casper home early Monday. The woman's estranged husband told Cowboy State Daily that "there was not a burglar" and that "the cops shot her."

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2025

One Dead In Officer-Involved Shooting During Casper Burglary Response

UPDATE: One person is dead after Casper Police Department officers responded early Monday to a scene with an armed burglar, the department says. "Shots were fired," and the person was taken to a hospital, and later died.

Clair McFarlandApril 28, 2025

'Urgent' Notice Issued For Air Force Member Wanted On Child Porn Allegations

The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations on Saturday issued an "urgent" notice about 27-year-old Airman First Class Branden Cecil Standifer. He's wanted on child porn allegations and was last seen at the Bozeman airport.

Clair McFarlandApril 26, 2025

Visiting University of Wyoming arts professor, Nash Quinn, 40, has not been seen or heard from since July 8, 2024, when he’s believed to have gone for a bike ride.

Still No Trace Of Popular UW Professor Missing For Nine Months

Despite extensive searches of areas University of Wyoming Professor Nash Quinn of Laramie was known to bike, searchers have found no trace of him since he disappeared last July.

Jen KocherApril 26, 2025

ICE Wants Four Held On Drug Charges In Sheridan

Four men accused of smoking marijuana in a vehicle that also contained meth while swerving across a Sheridan road this week are now in jail — and on the radar of federal immigration officials. ICE wants local authorities to hold the men for the agency.

Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2025

$When \Newberg, Oregon, Police Officer Jeromy Pilon started his night shift Wednesday last week, he had no idea he’d spend five hours on the phone with a barricaded man 1,000 miles away in Riverton, Wyoming.$

Oregon Cop Spent The Night Talking Riverton Barricade Suspect Off The Ledge

When a Newberg, Oregon, police officer started his night shift Wednesday last week, he had no idea he’d spend five hours on the phone with a barricaded man 1,000 miles away in Riverton, Wyoming.

Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2025

Twice-Deported Man Accused Of Smuggling 18,000 Rounds Of Ammo Skips Court

A twice-deported Mexican immigrant with suspected cartel-ties accused of smuggling 18,000 rounds of ammunition through Wyoming skipped federal court Friday. A judge issued a warrant for his arrest.

Leo WolfsonApril 25, 2025

Black Butte High School in Rock Springs is operated out of the Western Wyoming Community College campus. The school, and Sweetwater County School District No. 1 officials, are accused of transitioning a student without parental knowledge.

Former Rock Springs Teacher Emailed Student About Gender Transition

In an ongoing lawsuit about whether a Rock Springs school district helped to gender-transition a girl behind her parents' backs, the district is asking the judge not to let a former teacher's emails - which have surfaced in the case file - go to trial.

Clair McFarlandApril 24, 2025

Hotel Housekeeper Accused Of Stealing Elderly Couple's Coins Makes Plea Deal For Probation

The former head housekeeper of the Plains Hotel in Cheyenne agreed to a plea deal for probation in a stolen coin case. Rene Maria Manzanares is accused of stealing nearly $26,000 in coins from an elderly couple who lost their home in a mudslide.