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Lander Man Accused Of Molesting Girls For 40 Years Questions Competency Of Victim
Donald Detimore of Lander, 70, has asked the Fremont County District Court to weigh whether a 50-year-old woman, who has joined two other women in accusing him of childhood sexual abuse, is mentally competent to testify against him.
Clair McFarlandMay 04, 2023
Cheyenne Teen Girl Arrested For Repeatedly Punching Dad In The Face
Cheyenne police arrested Aundreya Mitchell, 18, early Wednesday morning for allegedly punching her dad in the face multiple times.
Clair McFarlandMay 04, 2023
Cheyenne Man To Plead Guilty For Shooting Teen While Playing With Gun
Tirso Munguia, 19, of Cheyenne, has agreed to plead guilty to shooting a 16-year-old girl in the head in January while handling a 9 mm pistol in exchange for dropping max sentence from 20 to 12 years in prison.
Clair McFarlandMay 04, 2023
Wyoming Man Accused Of Shooting At Highway Because Of Truckers' Loud Brakes
Luke Vargas, 42, is charged with aggravated assault after allegations that he shot an AR-15 toward Highway 130 to stop truckers from rolling into Saratoga with their loud jake brakes.
Clair McFarlandMay 03, 2023
Man Killed In Shootout With Thermopolis Police Officer Identified
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation has identified Buck Laramore, 33, as the man who exchanged gunfire with Thermopolis Police Department Sgt. Mike Mascorro on Friday. Mascorro was wounded and Laramore died.
Clair McFarlandMay 03, 2023
Three Dead, Including Child, After Two F-150s Collide East Of Casper
Three people, including a child, died when two F-150 trucks collided head-on east of Casper on Monday morning, the Wyoming Highway Patrol Reports.
Clair McFarlandMay 02, 2023
Gillette Mayor Wants Judge To Dismiss Atheist's $24 Million Lawsuit
Gillette Mayor Shay Lundvall is asking a judge to dismiss a 186-page, $24 million lawsuit filed by an atheist claiming suppression of religion.
Clair McFarlandMay 02, 2023
Wyoming Man Accused Of Threatening FBI Agent Had Just Come Home From ER Wounded From Shootout
The FBI arrested Leo Barnaby II of Fort Washakie for threatening a federal agent. Court documents say Barnaby had just returned home from the emergency room with gunshot wounds in his back from a bonfire shootout.
Clair McFarlandMay 02, 2023
Alleged Animal Abuser's Sentencing Hearing Implodes When She Says She Can't Stand Her Attorney
The sentencing hearing for a Riverton woman facing 10 animal cruelty charges for allegedly starving numerous animals to death fell apart Monday when the woman said she could no longer work with her public defender.
Clair McFarlandMay 01, 2023
FBI Arrests Fort Washakie Man For Threatening Federal Agent
The FBI says its agents arrested 45-year-old Leo Barnaby II on Sunday for threatening a federal agent, which could mean up to 30 years in prison if the agent is seriously hurt.
Clair McFarlandMay 01, 2023
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