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Gillette Man Accused Of Sex With 14-Year-Old Thrown In Trunk Of Car, Beaten, Left In Field
Campbell County District Court documents allege that in retaliation for a Gillette man sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl, another man threw him in the trunk of a car, drove him to a remote location, beat him, and left him in a dirt field near Rozet.
Clair McFarlandDecember 12, 2023
22 Animals, Some Emaciated And Sick, Removed From Casper Home
As authorities in Casper investigate a case of animal hording in a local home, the 22 animals taken from it last week are rehabilitating at an animal shelter. Some of them were emaciated and sick.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 12, 2023
Cheyenne Man Accused Of Running Over Woman's Head
Police are recommending felony charges for a Cheyenne man accused of smacking one woman with an ice scraper and running over another woman's head with his car on Sunday.
Clair McFarlandDecember 11, 2023
One Person Hospitalized, No Arrests After Early Morning Casper Shooting
An early morning shooting in Casper’s west side Saturday morning send one person to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, the Casper Police Department reports. No arrests have been made.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 11, 2023
Woman Claims Newcastle Hospital Tried To Have Her Involuntarily Committed For Whistleblowing
An Upton woman is suing Weston County Health Services, claiming hospital officials tried to have her involuntarily committed as mentally ill when she reported alleged ethics and legal violations as its human resources worker.
Clair McFarlandDecember 11, 2023
Case Of 5-Year-Old's Reported Sex Assault At Cody School Sent To Prosecutor
The Cody Police Department announced Monday it's handing over its six-week investigation into the reported sexual assault of a kindergartener at Livingston Elementary to the Park County prosecuting attorney.
Clair McFarlandDecember 11, 2023
Honduras Man Busted For Drugged Driving In Douglas Was In US Illegally
A Honduras man who was deported in 2011 and allegedly caught driving drugged near Douglas last month now faces a federal charge for illegally reentering the United States.
Clair McFarlandDecember 11, 2023
Arkansas Police Release Body Cam Video Of Missing Cody Woman Katie Ferguson
Body cam video released Saturday of an Arkansas police officer shows the last known sighting of Katie Ferguson of Cody, who went missing more than two months ago while traveling back to Wyoming with her ex-boyfriend and two young children.
Clair McFarlandDecember 10, 2023
Men Ditch 800 Fentanyl Pills While Running From WHP At ‘Well Over 100 MPH’
Three men led Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers on a long-distance high-speed chase at “well over 100 mph” Friday, while also ditching 800 fentanyl pills and meth out of the speeding vehicle.
Greg JohnsonDecember 09, 2023
Judge: Former Wyoming Schools Chief’s Bad Faith With Public Records Sets Precedent
A Laramie County judge ruled Friday that Wyoming's former schools chief and his staff acted in bad faith by deliberately dodging a lawful public records request in a case that sets precedent.
Leo WolfsonDecember 09, 2023
Venezuelan Immigrant In Gillette Pleads Guilty In Broken Beer Bottle Battle
A Venezuelan immigrant in Gillette pleaded guilty on Thursday to wielding a broken Corona beer bottle with the intent to hurt a relative in a bloody free-for-all throw down. He could get deported as a result of the brawl.
Clair McFarlandDecember 08, 2023
Wyoming School Children Hospitalized After Semi Rear-Ends Natrona County School Bus Off I-80
Some members of the Natrona County High School speech and debate team were hospitalized Friday morning when their bus was rear-ended by a semitruck on Interstate 80 on their way to a competition in Green River.
Clair McFarlandDecember 08, 2023
Ex-Boyfriend Of Missing Cody Woman Now A Suspect In Murder Probe
The federal defense attorney for the ex-boyfriend of a missing Cody woman asked a judge on Thursday to delay his trial on gun charges because he’s now a suspect in a murder case and could soon face "other charges."
Clair McFarlandDecember 08, 2023
Chuck Gray Asks Judge To Dismiss Petition To Get Trump Off Wyoming Ballot
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray on Thursday filed a motion to dismiss a retired Laramie attorney's legal petition to get Donald Trump and Cynthia Lummis off Wyoming's election ballots.
Clair McFarlandDecember 07, 2023
Men Who Ambushed And Mugged Older Man Outside Riverton Bar Could Get 7 Years
Two men accused of ambushing an older Riverton man outside a bar, robbing him and stealing his car have both signed plea agreements that could land them in prison for up to seven years.
Clair McFarlandDecember 07, 2023
Lander Man Accused Of Breaking Out Of Moving Jail Van After Jumping On Cars
A 31-year-old Lander man is accused of swallowing fentanyl, jumping on vehicles during Halloween, then busting out of a moving van that was taking him to jail.
Clair McFarlandDecember 07, 2023
500 Blank Wyoming Vehicle Titles Stolen, Being Passed Off In Colorado
The Wyoming Department of Transportation says 500 blank vehicle titles have been stolen from a county clerk’s office and are being fraudulently passed off in Colorado.
Clair McFarlandDecember 07, 2023
Wyoming Man Who Claimed Horses Were Poisoned Ticketed For Failing To Feed Animals
Authorities won't confirm whether there's a connection, but a Wyoming man who claimed someone poisoned and killed five of his horses in July has now been ticketed for failing to feed five animals in July.
Clair McFarlandDecember 06, 2023
Kappa Girls Say Judge Was Wrong To Dismiss Challenge Over Transgender Member
Six members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority are appealing the dismissal of their lawsuit challenging the UW chapter’s admitting a transgender member, saying the judge was wrong in refusing to define the word “woman.”
Clair McFarlandDecember 06, 2023
Cheyenne Teen Guilty Of Killing 15-Year-Old Girl In Park Shootout
A jury on Tuesday convicted 17-year-old Johnny Muñoz of second-degree murder for fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl at a Cheyenne park in April. Tried as an adult, he faces 20 years to life in prison.
Clair McFarlandDecember 05, 2023
Judge Says Pro-Life Doctors Can Argue Abortion Is Not Health Care
As a courtroom showdown over Wyoming’s abortion bans, and whether the practice is health care, grows closer, Teton County Judge Melissa Owens filed an order last week allowing a group of pro-life doctors to argue it’s not.
Clair McFarlandDecember 05, 2023
Jury Deciding Whether Cheyenne Teen Killed 15-Year-Old Girl
The fate of a Cheyenne teen accused of shooting up a park basketball court and killing a 15-year-old girl after a high school prom is in the hands of a jury.
Clair McFarlandDecember 05, 2023
Penis Graffiti On Cattle Court Case Shows How Wyoming Is A Fence-Out State
A recent case of a pair of Crook County ranchers bleaching penises and other shapes onto about 200 cattle that came onto their land shows that in many ways, Wyoming still ranches the Old West way, including being a fence-out state.
Clair McFarlandDecember 04, 2023
Short-Staffed Wyoming DOC Moves Hundreds Of Inmates To Mississippi Facility
A severely short-staffed Wyoming Department of Corrections has moved 240 inmates to a private prison in Mississippi and others to a couple of state county jails.
Clair McFarlandDecember 01, 2023