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Colorado's Transgender Treatment Sanctuary Law Could Interfere With Wyoming Custody Cases
A new Colorado law protecting transgender-treatment doctors from out-of-state scrutiny could interfere with a Wyoming Department of Family Services mandate to consider disfigurement as child abuse in custody cases.
Clair McFarlandApril 20, 2023
FBI Investigating Murder After Wind River Reservation Man Found With Throat Cut
The FBI’s Denver office confirmed to Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday that it’s investigating the death of Gustave Yellowhair, 37, who was found on the Wind River Reservation on March 20 with a sliced carotid artery, jugular vein and larynx.
Clair McFarlandApril 19, 2023
Wyoming Supreme Court Says Cheyenne Cops Entered Man’s House Illegally, Overturns Conviction
Police officers who pushed past a pregnant woman to enter a home, struggle with and arrest man acted illegally, the Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled in overturning Myron Woods’ conviction for interference.
Clair McFarlandApril 19, 2023
Wyoming Trooper Stops To Help Stranded California Woman, Finds 2,000 Fentanyl Pills
A Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper who stopped to help a California woman who ran out of gas outside of Rock Springs soon smelled marijuana and found the woman's explanations shifty. So, he deployed a drug dog, which found more than 2,000 fentanyl pills and nearly 12 pounds of methamphetamine in her car.
Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2023
UW Police Beef Up Patrols Near Sorority As Judge Doubles Down On Naming Plaintiffs In Transgender Lawsuit
The University of Wyoming Police Department sends extra patrols to the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house for a variety of reasons – not just because seven women suing the sorority for inducting a transgender member have been ordered to reveal their true names.
Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2023
Casper Man Who Died In Jail Despite Medical Clearance Had OD’d On Meth, Report Says
After 62-year-old Wayne Sanchez was arrested at the scene of a minor crash March 8 and medically cleared by Banner Medical Center in Casper, he was taken to jail, where he died. A coroner’s docket released Tuesday says he died of a meth overdose.
Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2023
Woman Who Stabbed Nephew To Death Escapes From Casper Halfway House
Rachelle Lynch, 25, was sentenced to five to 13 years in prison for stabbing her 20-year-old nephew during a drunken knife fight in 2019. When she failed to return as scheduled to a Casper halfway house Monday, authorities reported Lynch as an escapee.
Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2023
Wyoming Reservation Man Found With Neck Sliced Was Murdered, No Suspect Named
The Fremont County Coroner’s office has determined that Gustave Yellowhair, 37, was the victim of murder by a slice across his carotid artery and jugular vein. Federal authorities haven’t yet charged a suspect.
Clair McFarlandApril 17, 2023
Serial Wyoming Coffee Hut Flasher Pleads Guilty After Barista Pours Hot Water In His Lap
Andrew Crawford, 34, of Cody, already on probation for accessing child pornography, has pleaded guilty to four counts of exposing himself to women at drive-thru coffee shops.
Clair McFarlandApril 17, 2023
No Anonymity: Judge Says University of Wyoming Women Suing Sorority Over Transgender Member Must Use "True Names"
Acknowledging both growing violence around transgender issues and the public's right to follow court proceedings, a federal judge on Friday filed a second order denying anonymity for seven women suing the Kappa Kappa Sorority for inducting transgender member Artemis Langford.
Clair McFarlandApril 15, 2023
Riverton Man Who Broke Newborn Twin Girls’ Legs Gets 16-20 Years In Prison
Before sentencing Anthony Long to 16 - 20 years in prison, a Fremont County judge said the violence toward Long's twin newborn girls was "monstrous" and his explanation of how they received their injuries was "absurd."
Clair McFarlandApril 14, 2023
Man Who Stole $7,500 Bottle Of Scotch In His Crotch Gets Probation, Will Be Able To Stay In U.S.
A Romanian immigrant who smuggled a $7,500 bottle of scotch out of a Jackson Hole liquor store in his crotch will be able to stay in the U.S. after an agreement to reduce his charges to a misdemeanor.
Clair McFarlandApril 13, 2023
170 Years In Prison For Casper Man Who Admitted Having Sex With 13-Year-Old
A federal court judge threw the book at Salvador Salas Jr., 32, of Casper, for drugging and having sex with a 13-year-old girl under the pretense of mentoring her. The 170 years in prison and more than $130,000 in restitution is appropriate for a “sexual predator … who manipulated people that trusted him,” said the U.S. attorney prosecuting Salas.
Clair McFarlandApril 13, 2023
Exotic Gillette Pet Store Cited For Animal Neglect
The owners of an exotic pet store in Gillette received three citations Wednesday for animal neglect. Customers told Cowboy State Daily the animals lived in "crammed" and "horrible" conditions.
Jen KocherApril 12, 2023
Oregon Man Moves To Green River, Gets Imprisoned 24 Years For Making Child Porn
After a recent move to Green River, Wyoming, from Oregon, Carl Picano will spend the next 15-24 years in prison for making and sharing child sex videos and photos of a preschooler.
Clair McFarlandApril 12, 2023
Gillette Police Arrest 13-Year-Old Boy In School Shooting Threat
The Gillette Police Department announced on Tuesday evening the arrest of a 13-year-old boy for an alleged school shooting threat, which came on the heels of numerous false reports of school violence earlier this month.
April 12, 2023
Casper Double Killer Was High On Meth, Irritated By Victims' Whispering
Luke Young's confession about how he killed two traveling companions surfaced in his case file this week, revealing they were all high on meth when Young, annoyed that his two traveling companions were whispering, shot them both on the side of a Wyoming highway.
Clair McFarlandApril 11, 2023
Mexican Immigrant In Gillette Faces 15 Years In Prison For Forged U.S. Birth Certificate
A Mexican immigrant in Gillette could face 15 years in prison and $250,000 in fines for trying to get a passport with a fake birth certificate.
Clair McFarlandApril 11, 2023
Search On For Escapee From Casper Reentry Center, Has “LA” Tattooed On Left Temple
Steven Charles Oldman, a 32-year-old Native American serving probation from the Casper Reentry Center failed to return to the center April 7. He has “LA” tattooed on his left temple, a teardrop tattoo below his left eye and “307” tattooed on the webbing of his left hand.
April 10, 2023
Gillette Man Accused Of Shooting Brother Pleads Not Guilty
A Gillette man accused of shooting his brother in the arm after a heated argument has pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder, a charge punishable by between 20 years and life in prison.
Clair McFarlandApril 10, 2023
Citing Violence Against Swimmer Riley Gaines, University Of Wyoming Sorority Members Ask Judge To Reconsider Anonymity
Citing violence against women's rights activist Riley Gaines, members of a University of Wyoming sorority on Friday asked a federal judge to reconsider their request for anonymity in a lawsuit against the sorority for admitting a transgender woman.
Clair McFarlandApril 08, 2023
Wind River Reservation Man Accused Of Double Murder Pleads Not Guilty
Brandon Monroe, who was 16 when Jocelyn Watt and Rudy Perez died of gunshot wounds on Watt's bedroom floor, pleaded not guilty Friday to murder, while also evoking a mental incompetency plea.
Clair McFarlandApril 07, 2023
Kemmerer Mom Sentenced To Probation, Babysitter Still Facing Murder Charge For 5-Year-Old's Death
Kayla Kartchner, who was arrested for drug possession after a babysitter allegedly murdered her five-year-old last November, received a probation sentence this week.
Clair McFarlandApril 07, 2023
Judge Denies University of Wyoming Sorority Women, Transgender Member Anonymity In Lawsuit
The seven women suing Kappa Kappa Gamma for inducting a transgender woman into its Wyoming chapter have until April 20 to reveal their true names in open court, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Clair McFarlandApril 07, 2023