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Glenrock Teen, Family Recall Harrowing Year Of Stalking, Impersonation
A Glenrock, Wyoming, woman got two years' probation last week after evidence surfaced she was behind a yearlong effort to stalk and impersonate a teen girl and her boyfriend. Now, the girl and her family want enhanced penalties when adults stalk minors.
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2025
Authorities Attempt To ID Human Skeletal Remains Found In Washakie County
The Washakie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating human remains discovered by a Wyoming Game and Fish warden Sunday. The warden had been tracking a deer collar in a remote area of the county when he came across the remains.
Jen KocherMarch 24, 2025
Swastikas Spraypainted On Tesla Chargers In Rock Springs
An escalating nationwide trend of vandalizing Tesla electric vehicle products has reached Wyoming, with a row of Rock Springs Tesla Superchargers spraypainted with swastikas either late Friday night or early Saturday morning.
Clair McFarlandMarch 22, 2025
Brief: Carbon County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page Hacked
The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, along with the sheriff’s own Facebook page, were both hacked Friday at about noon, the sheriff reports.
Clair McFarlandMarch 22, 2025
Fort Washakie Man Who Killed Wife In Front Of Their Young Daughter Gets 30 Years
A Fort Washakie man was given 30 years in prison Friday for shooting and killing his wife in front of their 11-year-old daughter in April 2024. The judge escalated his sentence because the girl “had to witness the death of her mother with her own eyes.”
Dale KillingbeckMarch 21, 2025
Former Wheatland Music Teacher In Jail On Child Sex Charges, Could Get 400 Years
Accused of sex acts with a minor he met while he was her teacher, a former Wheatland high school and middle school band instructor is facing a maximum potential penalty of more than 400 years in prison. Evan Bradley's preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Monday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 21, 2025
Wyoming High Court Expands Right To Remain Silent, Throws Out Molestation Conviction
A striking Wyoming Supreme Court ruling defends people’s right to remain silent more vigilantly and could change how prosecutors try cases. The Thursday ruling also throws out the conviction of a Casper man accused of sexually touching young girls.
Clair McFarlandMarch 21, 2025
Tow Truck Driver Hit On I-80 By Rogue Pickup Recovering In Casper Hospital
A tow truck operator is recovering after losing a kidney and suffering other organ ruptures. A rogue pickup struck him Wednesday on the shoulder of Interstate 80 outside of Wamsutter, Wyoming.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025
Greenpeace Ordered To Pay $667M In Protest Damages Over Dakota Access Pipeline
Greenpeace was ordered by a judge Wednesday to pay $667 million related to a 10-month violent protest over building the Dakota Access Pipeline. Protesters camping at the North Dakota site damaged the land and created a policing and cleanup nightmare.
David MadisonMarch 20, 2025
Death Penalty Off The Table For 1 Teen Charged In Deadly Bow-And-Arrow Ambush
The death penalty is off the table for one of two Big Piney, Wyoming, teens accused of conspiring to kill a man in a bow-and-arrow ambush. But the prosecutor said Thursday he’s not ready to say if he’ll seek death for the teen accused of firing the bow.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025
Byron Mom In Murder-Suicide Had Depression, Anxiety Meds In System
The Byron, Wyoming, woman who fatally shot her four children then herself last month had depression and anti-anxiety medications in her system, according to a coroner’s investigation report released Thursday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025
Report: Pickup Losing Control Leaving Green River Tunnel Started Fatal Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday released its preliminary report on the Green River Tunnel disaster. It says a pickup truck lost control as it exited the westbound tunnel and started the 26-vehicle, triple-fatality crash on February 14, 2025.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025
Woman Identified In Fatal Crash Outside Rawlins That Closed I-80 For Hours
Mary Couch, 70 of Alabama, was identified as the victim in Saturday’s I-80 crash outside Rawlins on Saturday that closed the interstate for hours. The driver accused of killing Couch was released from jail on a $20,000 cash bond.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025
Tow Truck Operator Responding To Crash Hit By Pickup On Icy I-80 Near Wamsutter
A tow truck operator recovering vehicles from night crash near Wamsutter along Interstate-80 was struck by a pickup Wednesday, the Wyoming Highway Patrol reports. The operator was life-flighted from the scene.
Clair McFarlandMarch 19, 2025
Wyoming Supports Trump's Plan To Deport Members Of Violent Venezuelan Gang
When 26 Republican-led states urged a court Tuesday to stop a judge's block on Trump's plan to deport Venezuelan gang members, Wyoming wasn't among them. But that's because of timing, not a lack of support, the Wyoming attorney general says.
Clair McFarlandMarch 19, 2025
Gillette Man Accused Of Pistol-Whipping, Trying To Shoot Sister’s Friend
A Gillette man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly pistol-whipping and trying to shoot a friend of his sister’s Monday. “I tried to kill him,” he reportedly told police, but in court Tuesday told the judge, "I defended myself.”
Jen KocherMarch 19, 2025
Riverton Police Say They Caught Man Who Stole Car With Baby In It
The Riverton Police Department said Tuesday it caught a 28-year-old man accused of stealing a vehicle with a 3-month-old baby in it, then abandoning both the car and baby west of Riverton, Wyoming, last month.
Clair McFarlandMarch 18, 2025
Brief: Trucker Suspected Of Causing I-80 Crash That Killed Another Trucker
A Washington state trucker has been charged with homicide by vehicle after a Saturday crash on I-80 near Rawlins. He’s accused of crashing into another semitrailer, killing a person in the truck’s sleeper cab.
Clair McFarlandMarch 18, 2025
Gillette Man, 77, Accused Of Offering Sex Act To Teenage Boy
A 77-year-old Gillette man accused of soliciting a 15-year-old boy for sex could face between five and 12 years in prison. His case rose to felony-level court Thursday after a monthslong delay that included a mental fitness evaluation.
Clair McFarlandMarch 18, 2025
Former Jackson Hole Fire Chief Accused Of Sex Acts With Judge, Having Child Porn
Former Jackson Hole Fire Chief Ned Brady Hansen has been charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor in Utah. Authorities there say he trafficked in child pornography and had a sexual encounter with the same judge who declined to keep him in jail.
Clair McFarlandMarch 18, 2025
Cheyenne Man Accused Of Pepper-Spraying Cops During Fight In Driveway
A Cheyenne man's case rose Friday to the felony-level court, on claims he pepper sprayed cops while interfering with a woman's traffic stop. The man reportedly also cursed and spat racial slurs at police as they investigated a DUI at his house.
Clair McFarlandMarch 17, 2025
State Trooper Arrests Suspected Illegal Immigrant With 18,000 Rounds Of Ammunition
An illegal immigrant was arrested Friday near Rawlins for carrying 18,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol. Ricardo Paez-Quinones faces up to 15 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and/or deportation if convicted.
Clair McFarlandMarch 17, 2025
Riverton Man Accused Of Beating Friend To Death Strikes Plea Deal Before Trial
A Riverton man accused of beating his friend to death and leaving him for his parents to find has agreed to plead guilty. The agreement came just days before his manslaughter trial was to start Monday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 17, 2025
Boyfriend Of Missing Gillette Woman Irene Gakwa Set For Prison Release
The boyfriend of Irene Gakwa, a Gillette nursing student missing for three years, is set to be released from prison this month. Nathan Hightman drained her accounts after she disappeared and remains a “person of interest” in the case.
Jen KocherMarch 15, 2025