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Cheyenne Teen Dead After Being Shot In Head Early Sunday Morning, Police Investigating As Homicide
A 15-year-old Cheyenne girl died Monday morning after being shot in the head on Sunday. The Cheyenne Police Department said a homicide investigation is ongoing.
Clair McFarlandMay 01, 2023
Male Killed In Shooting That Left Thermopolis Police Sergeant Wounded, Coroner Reports
The Hot Springs County Coroner said someone was killed in the Friday officer-involved shooting that left a Thermopolis police sergeant wounded. The identity and age of the deceased weren't released, only that he was male and died on scene.
Clair McFarlandMay 01, 2023
Cheyenne Teen Girl Critical After Being Shot In Head At Lincoln Park
A teenage girl is in critical condition at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center after being shot in the head at Lincoln Park in the early morning hours Sunday.
Greg JohnsonApril 30, 2023
Thermopolis Police Sergeant Shot, Is In Stable Condition
A suspect shot a Thermopolis police sergeant Friday afternoon, authorities say, and the sergeant is stable after being life-flighted.
Clair McFarlandApril 29, 2023
Jury Convicts Cody Stepmom In Toddler's Death, Dad's Trial Next
A Park County jury on Thursday convicted Carolyn Aune of a first-degree murder variation tied to child abuse for killing her boyfriend's toddler. Her boyfriend, also charged with murder, could go to trial next.
Clair McFarlandApril 29, 2023
Murder Transparency Group Says 35% Of Fremont County Murders Not Reported To The Public
Law enforcement agencies haven’t been telling the public about a sizable amount of Wyoming homicides they handle, which a murder watchdog group says is troubling.
Clair McFarlandApril 28, 2023
Neither Knife-Wielding Man Nor Shooting Officer To Be Charged In Rez Fight
Neither the man wielding a knife nor the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs agent who shot him will be charged with crimes in connection to the fight, federal prosecutors announced this week.
Clair McFarlandApril 28, 2023
Cheyenne Drive-By Shooter With Baby In Back Seat Remains In Jail, Faces Three Years
Gerald Lopez, 28, is in jail waiting for an arraignment hearing that's two months away for allegedly shooting up parts of Cheyenne from a Trailblazer with his baby in the back seat.
Clair McFarlandApril 27, 2023
Habitual Wife Beater From Rawlins Won’t Get Out Of Prison Early, Says Wyoming Supreme Court
The Wyoming Supreme Court denied habitual wife-beater Donald Michael Bulisco’s request to get out of prison early despite confusion about whether he was already a convicted felon before he punched his wife in the head and pulled her breast.
Clair McFarlandApril 27, 2023
Riverton Resident Finds Dead Body That Had Been Exposed For Weeks On Riverbank
A Riverton resident who spent Sunday morning outside discovered a man's body on the bank of the Wind River that has apparently been exposed to the elements for weeks or months.
Clair McFarlandApril 26, 2023
DCI Wrong To Make Casper Man Register As Sex Offender, Wyoming Supreme Court Says
The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation was wrong to use its authority and unproven allegations to make a Casper man register as a sex offender 20 years after his misdemeanor sexual battery conviction in Georgia.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
Sweetwater County School District: Claims Made In Transgender Student Lawsuit 'False' And 'Fabricated'
Sweetwater County School District No. 1 says the complaints two Rock Springs parents made that school officials kept them in the dark about counseling their child through a gender transition are “false” and “fabricated” with an aim to incite the public.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
“Epic” Spike In Officer-Involved Shootings Detours DCI From Investigating Wyoming Cold Cases
Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations Director Robert Jones and other officers say a spike in officer-involved shootings last year is taking valuable time away from the agency’s already limited capacity to investigate cold-case murders.
Leo WolfsonApril 25, 2023
In Argument With Roommate, Gillette Man Threatens “Bloodshed” If Arrest Isn’t Made, So Police Arrest Him
A 52-year-old man who reported being threatened with a gun in an argument with a roommate early Monday morning was himself arrested after warning police of imminent “bloodshed” if police don’t arrest someone.
April 24, 2023
Child Porn Tips In Wyoming Have Quadrupled Since 2018, DCI says
Despite a 100% conviction rate on cybercrimes against children, Wyoming law enforcement are in a constant race to keep up with technology and tactics used to lure kids into cybersex and pornography.
Clair McFarlandApril 24, 2023
Gillette Felon Faces 15 Years For Having Dead Man's Loaded Glock, Tons Of Drugs
Zachary Stott faces up to 15 years in federal prison for allegedly possessing a Glock and 13 rounds of 9mm ammunition he said he took from a Colorado man who got "hit.”
Clair McFarlandApril 21, 2023
Rock Springs Parents Suing School Board For Hiding Daughter's Transgender Identity
Sean and Ashley Willey are suing the Sweetwater County School District No. 1 board and some administrators for allegedly helping to gender-transition their daughter while actively hiding it from them, despite the girl's history of mental health issues.
Clair McFarlandApril 21, 2023
Cheyenne Woman Charged With Beating Stranger, 71, With Cane While He Slept
Accused of beating a 71-year-old stranger with his own cane as he slept, Gizelle Kellum, 54, faces up to 10 years in prison for aggravated assault.
Clair McFarlandApril 20, 2023
Search On For Driver Who Hit And Killed Man Walking On Reservation
The driver of a black sedan hit and killed Wilford Hill, 30, while he was walking on Ethete Road just after midnight Tuesday morning. The driver fled the scene, the Wyoming Highway Patrol reports.
Clair McFarlandApril 20, 2023
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